Consent on campus : a manifesto

Summary: Americans have finally started to pay attention to the sexual assault crisis on our college campuses. Yet, Donna Freitas warns, the way universities educate students about sexual assault and consent is wholly inadequate. Universities, she argues, have not really reckoned with the heart of the problem. Freitas advocates for teaching not just how to consent but why it's important to care about consent--and for doing so in the university's most important space: the classroom. Consent on Campus is a call to action for university administrators, faculty, parents, and students themselves to create cultures of consent on their campuses.

Record details

ISBN: 9780190671150 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 231 p. ; 19 cm.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dear all University Presidents -- When assault becomes "normal" -- Title IX: a crash course -- The state of consent education -- Drinking on campus and sexual misconduct policies -- Hookup culture: expectations of sexual ambivalence -- Men and masculinity: the problematic relationship between men and sex -- A hierarchy of bodies: sexual privilege, gender, shame, and blame -- When culture and sexual ethics are good: preparing ourselves to do necessary work -- Scripting consent: an activist lesson plan -- The only thing stopping us is us: contending with ongoing academic biases against the personal -- Consent requires class.