By Maritza Gordillo A recent news report on the Spanish channel Univision focused on a group of Colombian men forming a movement called, Movimiento Machista Colombiano (Male Chauvinist Colombian Movement). The group’s founder, Beto Barreto,…
By Bethany Reyna In 1992 an 18-year-old girl in Italy was raped by her driving instructor. She pressed charges and won the case. Her case was later overturned at the High Italian Court and the…
By Maritza Gordillo February is the 2nd annual National Teen Dating Violence Prevention Awareness Month (Teen DV Month). This month is dedicated to teens that suffer physical, emotional, or sexual abuse from their partners. During the…
By Emily Mathis I like sports as much as the next person. Well, okay so I most likely won’t watch football on Sunday unless I’m at my parent’s house, but come the big exciting championship, I…
By Emily Mathis Drive around Kansas City in October and I bet you will see some pink fountains. The city, for the past seven years, has dyed a dozen or so fountains pink in honor…
The following is a guest post submitted by Jim Doyle, Executive Director of Self-Protection. org. Walking with my 9-year-old son around the University of Missouri – Kansas City campus with over 100 other men gave…
Here is a staggering statistic: 1 in 4 women will be a victim of a rape or attempted rape before she graduates. And according to another statistic, women ages 16-24 are more vulnerable than any…
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3k5_1A_Ytg]According to RAINN.org, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. College women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted. On September 14th the UMKC…
“Just gonna stand there/And watch me burn/But that’s alright/Because I like/The way it hurts/Just gonna stand there/And hear me cry/But that’s alright/Because I love/The way you lie” – lyrics from “Love the Way You Lie”…
So much of the advice out there about how to prevent sexual assault is usually directed towards the victims who are mostly women. Something about that seems backwards. Why is all the responsibility still being…