Institutional Betrayal as a Motivator for Campus Sexual Assault Activism

Linder, Chris; Myers, Jess S.

doi:10.1080/19407882.2017.1385489

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“…What is missing from most examinations of colleges' current responses to gender-based violence is a recognition that the problem is not new and that on many college campuses, its severity has been overlooked or, worse, covered up (Linder & Myers, 2017). Faculty with expertise on gender-based violence have criticized many of these programs for the lack of evidence-based research.…”

Section: Faculty Involvement and Institutional Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Faculty Confronting Gender-Based Violence on Campus: Opportunities and Challenges

Sharoni

Klocke

2019

Violence Against Women

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Faculty have played an important role in the ongoing efforts to confront gender-based violence on college campuses, as teachers, researchers, advocates, and policy advisors. Nevertheless, few institutions have welcomed faculty activism on this issue, especially when it took the form of vocal support for survivor-led efforts to transform campus policies and culture. This article examines the nature and scope of faculty involvement in confronting gender-based violence on college campuses across North America between 2014 and 2018. Our analysis of the range of roles and responsibilities faculty have assumed and the challenges and obstacles they have faced is informed by our own involvement with the U.S.-based group, Faculty Against Rape (FAR), which is dedicated to supporting faculty involvement in confronting gender-based violence on campus. Informed by the context of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements on one hand, and the changes in Federal and State protections for student survivors in the Trump–DeVos era on the other, the article concludes with a list of best practices for faculty involvement.

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Section: Faculty Involvement and Institutional Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Faculty Confronting Gender-Based Violence on Campus: Opportunities and Challenges

Sharoni

Klocke

2019

Violence Against Women

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“…Emerging research has found that for some students, feeling betrayed by their campus after an assault can be a powerful motivator for survivors to be active in creating change (Linder & Myers, 2018). For the last decade activist-survivors have been spotlighted in the media across the U.S., calling attention to problems in both response and prevention to sexual assault in higher education.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of trust in perceptions of the sexual assault reporting climate for LGBQ college students.

Nightingale¹

2022

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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Sexual assault is a problem on college campuses that disproportionately impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer/questioning (LGBQ) students. Civil rights law requires that institutions of higher education in the United States (U.S.) have a system in place to address sexual assault and provide accommodations and assistance to survivors, however, few students report such incidents to college officials. This study explores how trust in campus support systems is associated with perceptions of the campus sexual assault reporting climate (SARC) when controlling for community readiness to address sexual assault in the LGBQ community, exposure to training, and a sense of belonging for LGBQ students. A sample of 775 LGBQ college students from across the U.S. was recruited using social media strategies. Results of hierarchical multiple regression showed that trust in campus support systems predicted SARC above and beyond community readiness, exposure to training, and sense of belonging. All independent variables were also significantly associated with the reporting climate. Findings from this study contribute to the understanding of how LGBQ college students perceive the campus community will respond to reports of sexual assault. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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“…Further, because these institutions sometimes have high standing in the community, it is difficult for people to accept or even imagine they would be capable of abuse (Smith & Freyd, 2014). As research suggests, institutional betrayal is experienced by individuals in a variety of settings, including educational (Linder & Myers, 2018), healthcare (Smith, 2017;Tamaian, Klest & Mutschler, 2017), and military settings (Holliday & Monteith, 2019). The institutional betrayal is at times perpetrated by individuals working within the institutional setting but may also occur at a systemic level.…”

Section: Institutional Betrayalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The institutional betrayal is at times perpetrated by individuals working within the institutional setting but may also occur at a systemic level. For example, sexual assault survivors in universities have had their experiences invalidated by comments and actions made by individual advisors, faculty, and administrators, but have also been silenced by universities more broadly in an attempt by the institutions to maintain their reputation (Linder & Myers, 2018). In healthcare institutions, patients have been given inadequate medical or psychological care from individual practitioners and have also experienced systemic institutional betrayal due to time constraints or a shortage of doctors (Smith, 2017;Tamaian, Klest & Mutschler, 2017).…”

Section: Institutional Betrayalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Hate Crimes in Transgender Communities

Gauthier

Medina

Dierkhising

2021

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Research shows that the LGBTQ population is disproportionately affected by hate crimes and those against transgender individuals are especially violent. Given the considerable underreporting of these crimes, better insight into the victimization experiences and reasons for underreporting is necessary to improve the safety of the transgender community and secure necessary services for these victims. The current study takes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach by creating and utilizing an Advisory Board made up of service providers in the transgender community in Los Angeles, to assist in the development of a survey instrument and focus group questions and provide venues for the focus groups. The study examines results from a short survey and five focus groups with transgender individuals on their experiences of hate crimes and reporting activities. Results indicate nearly all participants experienced some type of hate incident or crime based on their gender identity and/or expression. Almost half of the respondents did not report these crimes to the police because they did not think police would do anything, were afraid of being arrested, or were afraid of being victimized by the police. Narrative accounts describe mostly, though not entirely, negative encounters with the police and how participants take preventative measures to reduce their potential for hate-based victimization. Based on our findings several recommendations have been made to help improve relations between transgender communities and law enforcement with the goal of creating a safer environment for transgender individuals and increasing the reporting of hate crimes.

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Institutional Betrayal as a Motivator for Campus Sexual Assault Activism

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

Faculty Confronting Gender-Based Violence on Campus: Opportunities and Challenges

Faculty Confronting Gender-Based Violence on Campus: Opportunities and Challenges

The role of trust in perceptions of the sexual assault reporting climate for LGBQ college students.

Analysis of Hate Crimes in Transgender Communities

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