Primary Prevention
Changing the Culture
What is Primary Prevention?
Primary prevention deals with an intervention or program that addresses a condition before it can develop. In the case of SAGE, primary prevention means addressing the root causes of gender-based discrimination before it develops into gender-based violence.
PCAR Primary Prevention Reseource
This is a a four volume collection from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence that offers a helpful source for primary prevention
Why Change the Culture?
Culture has the power to motivate the actions of those individuals within a group. When the culture promotes gender equality, group members benefit and gender-based violence is less likely to occur. For SAGE, the culture targeted is that of Seton Hill students, faculty, and staff.
Resources: We Have Them!
Browse this site to access digital resources for learning about primary prevention, gender violence, and implementing primary prevention strategies into your classroom, workplace, and everyday life.
This is What’s Missing From Campus Debates Over Sexual Assault
Jonathan Kalin, senior at Colby College, has started a program called “Party With Consent,” where he presents workshops for males focusing not on villainizing men, but on informing them of their privilege and encouraging them to utilize it to move towards positive change. He also explains the concept of gender socialization and encourages men to rethink their idea of “masculinity.”
A Student Disc Jockey Stands Against Sexist Club Culture: Chronicle of Higher Ed student podcast
A DJ and student from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Trevor Dougherty, describes specific instances of the sexist culture of clubs he plays at in his area and calls for a change.
“Danielle Dirks, PhD is a sociologist, professor, and author. Her research and teaching interests are concerned with fundamental questions about justice and inequality in society.She is the author of Confronting Campus Rape: Legal Landscapes, New Media, and Networked Activism (forthcoming) and co-author of How Ethical Systems Change: Lynching and Capital Punishment (Routledge, 2015; 2011). She is currently working on Punishment in the Age of Google: The Mark of a Digital Criminal Record.”
NPR Podcast: How Notions of Sex, Power, and Consent Are Changing on College Campuses
This podcast discusses the how the current political climate affects views of sexual assault and the shift from risk reduction (women protecting themselves from sexual assault) to primary prevention (changing men’s behavior and gender issues before assault happens)
Educators discuss how they integrate discussion of the Kavanaugh hearings into several different classes and subjects.