Presentations & Films

Looking for interactive and educational programs that address sexual assault, healthy relationships, stalking, and the effects of media on gender-based violence? Request a presentation!

Residence Hall and Student Organization Presentations

• Sex, Violence, and the Media
• Stalking Realities
• Relationship Poker
• Anatomy of a Hook-up

Classroom Guest Lectures

• Effects of media on violence against women
• Sexual assault and consent
• Healthy relationships and relationship violence
• Stalking (including the use of technology to stalk)

Films

• Dreamworlds 3
• Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
• Killing Us Softly 3
• Tough Guise
• Wrestling with Manhood

Residence Hall and Student Organization Presentations

Sex, Violence, and the Media

This interactive, multimedia presentation takes a look at representations of gender, sex, and college students in popular culture and the media. Through images, music, and videos, participants are shown how these aspects of popular culture are related to gender-based violence. Peer educators will lead participants in activities and discussions on the power of popular culture in our lives and its impact, both positive and negative, on our view of gender based violence.

Stalking Realities

Facebook, MySpace, and other online communities are great ways to meet new friends and keep in touch with people. However, stalking (including the use of technology to stalk) and online harassment occur more often than we think! In addition to definitions and statistics, presenters will share examples through case studies and interactive activities. Peer educators will address cyber safety, as well as available campus and community resources. This presentation can be tailored to fit the needs of your particular audience.

Relationship Poker

Relationships are an important part of college life, but not everyone's relationships are always healthy. This interactive program looks at the continuum of intimate relationships – from healthy to abusive. Peer educators will lead students in hands-on activities and discussions to gain further understanding of how to create a healthy relationship. Campus and community resources will be reviewed and participants will learn what they can do to help someone in an abusive relationship. This presentation can be tailored to fit the needs of your particular audience.

Anatomy of a Hook-up

This interactive presentation provides a general overview of sexual assault, including the role of consent and alcohol. Multiple activities and discussions are used to help illustrate issues related to sexual assault in the college environment. Time is also spent teaching participants what they can do to help someone who has been sexually assaulted.This presentation can be tailored to fit the needs of your particular audience.

Classroom Guest Lectures

Effects of media on violence against women

This interactive, multimedia presentation takes a look at representations of gender, sex, and college students in popular culture and the media. Through images, music, and videos, participants are shown how these aspects of popular culture are related to gender-based violence. Facilitators will lead participants in activities and discussions on the power of popular culture in our lives and its impact, both positive and negative, on our view of gender based violence. This guest lecture can be tailored to fit the needs and content of your class.

Sexual assault and consent

This interactive presentation provides a general overview of sexual assault, including the role of consent and alcohol. Multiple activities and discussions are used to help illustrate issues related to sexual assault in the college environment. Time is also spent teaching participants what they can do to help someone who has been sexually assaulted and the powerful role active bystanders can play in ending violence against women.This guest lecture can be tailored to fit the needs and content of your class.

Healthy relationships and relationship violence

Relationships are an important part of life and development, but not all relationships are healthy. This interactive program looks at the continuum of intimate relationships – from healthy to abusive. Facilitators will lead students in hands-on activities and discussions to gain further understanding of relationship dynamics, including how to create a healthy relationship. Campus and community resources will be reviewed and participants will learn what they can do to help someone in an abusive relationship. This guest lecture can be tailored to fit the needs and content of your class.

Stalking (including the use of technology to stalk)

Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking applications are great ways to meet new friends and keep in touch with people. However, stalking (including the use of technology to stalk) and online harassment occur more often than many people think. In addition to definitions and statistics, facilitators will share examples through case studies and interactive activities. Guest lecturers will address cyber safety, as well as available campus and community resources. This guest lecture can be tailored to fit the needs and content of your class.

Films

Educational films are an asset to classroom learning, as they help spark conversation and challenge perceptions. Our facilitators can incorporate any of the following films into a guest lecture or turn the film screening and discussion into its own lecture.

Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, & Power in Music Video

Dreamworlds 3, the highly anticipated update of Sut Jhally's groundbreaking Dreamworlds 2 (1995), examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality.

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. The film pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood.

Killing Us Softly 3

Killing Us Softly 3 provides a groundbreaking analysis of advertising's depiction of women in this most recent update of the pioneering Killing Us Softly series. The film decodes an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. The analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence.

Tough Guise

While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century.

Wrestling with Manhood

Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, addressing its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force.

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Grant statement: This project was supported by grant # 2005-WA-AX-0020 awarded by the Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of View in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

 

 

Last updated 11/17/2009