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Male Sexual Violence and Rape Culture with Daryl Fort

October 17, 2016 by ssradmin

Safe Space Radio speaks with violence prevention educator Daryl Fort. He explains how our culture teaches men that they are superior and women that they are inferior—and how these messages work to justify and facilitate the mistreatment of women.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: masculinity, misogyny, sexual violence, violence prevention

Reporting and Retaliation with Kate Weber

May 16, 2016 by ssradmin

Kate Weber was raped by a fellow soldier within her first weeks of deployment overseas in 1993. She discusses the helplessness and isolation she felt when she discovered that no one, from the staff doctor, to her friends and fellow soldiers, would take her seriously.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Mental Health Tagged With: military, Military Sexual Trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, sexual violence, Trauma, veterans

Women in Wartime with Cynthia Enloe

January 25, 2016 by ssradmin

Feminist scholar Cynthia Enloe discusses about how women are affected by war and militarization. Her work focuses on sexual violence—and its subsequent silencing—as a repressive political tool, and about international efforts by feminist activists to make the United Nations address this issue. You can read UN Security Council Resolution 1325 here.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: feminism, Gender, military, Sexual assault, sexual violence, war

Speaking Up to Sexism and Violence (Part 2) with Daryl Fort

April 11, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Part 2 of Anne’s conversation with Daryl Fort, about ways in which we are all bystanders to social interactions that foster violence against women. Daryl challenges us to see these situations for what they are and to have the courage to intervene.  He describes two everyday social situations …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: bar culture, bystander intervention, bystanders, cat calling, difficult conversations, Domestic Violence, masculinity, me too, metoo, mysogyny, Rape Culture, sexism, sexual violence, Violence

Speaking Up to Sexism and Violence (Part 1) with Daryl Fort

April 4, 2012 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Part 1 of Anne’s conversation with educator Daryl Fort about the many levels of messages about women’s inferiority to the justification of mistreatment. He describes the ways communities can collude in violence against women, and makes a clear case that jokes and disrespectful language form the foundation and …read more »

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Filed Under: Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: Abuse, bystander intervention, difficult conversations, masculinity, me too, metoo, misogyny, Rape Culture, sexism, Sexual assault, sexual violence, Violence

Reducing Interpersonal Violence with Drew Wing

March 21, 2012 by ssradmin

Drew Wing is Executive Director of Boys To Men, an organization devoted to reducing interpersonal violence by fostering the healthy development of boys. Drew describes their Reducing Sexism and Violence Program (RSVP), which supports teenagers developing empathy for the experience of others, and helps them clarify their potential roles as bystanders who can intervene in …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Sexuality Tagged With: bystander intervention, empathy, masculinity, men, mental health, misogyny, Rape Culture, sexism, sexual violence, teenagers, Teens, youth

The Psychology of Abusive Men with Lundy Bancroft

March 14, 2012 by ssradmin

Lundy Bancroft is the former co-leader of Emerge, the first batterers treatment program in the United States, and the author of Why Does He Do That: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men. Lundy debunks common myths about male abusers, explaining that violence happens in a larger context of needing control as a form …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Emotions, Sexuality Tagged With: emerge, empathy, masculinity, me too, men, metoo, misogyny, Rape Culture, relationships, sexism, Sexual assault, sexual violence, violence against women

Trauma, Fear and Denial with Jessica Stern

February 16, 2011 by ssradmin

Research professor Jessica Stern is an expert in the connection between trauma and terrorism. In this interview she talks about her experience following a rape at age 15, and how her story was not believed by the police—resulting in more than 40 other children being targeted. Jessica describes living with PTSD, and experiencing a confusing …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Mental Health Tagged With: Anxiety & Fear, childhood trauma, healing, Loneliness, mental illness, police, PTSD, Rape, Rape Culture, Sexual assault, sexual violence, survivors, teenagers, terrorism, Therapy, Trauma, triggering, triggers, Violence

Tantra and Sexual Healing with Betta de Boer van der Kolk

February 9, 2011 by ssradmin

This interview features body psychotherapist Betta de Boer van der Kolk about Tantra as a way to heal from sexual abuse. Betta describes Tantra as an exchange of energy that brings presence, connection, safety and play into sexuality.  She leads the listener in a technique for couples to harmonize their breathing in order to give …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Sexuality Tagged With: body memory, body work, ejaculation, healing, internal family systems, massage, orgasm, Recovery, Sexual Abuse, sexual violence, survivors, tantra, tantric sex, Therapy, Trauma

Aftermath of Sexual Violence with Susan Brison

February 2, 2011 by ssradmin

Philosophy professor Susan Brison survived a sexual assault and attempted murder. She describes the transition from needing to tell the story, to finding the story increasingly boring as she healed—and how group therapy, self-defense classes, and jazz singing all helped her recovery.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality, Social Justice Tagged With: assault, healing, Rape, Rape Culture, Recovery, self defense, Sexual assault, sexual violence, storytelling, survivors, Therapy, Trauma

Sexual Healing after Sexual Abuse with Wendy Maltz

January 5, 2011 by ssradmin

This interview is with couples therapist and certified sex therapist Wendy Maltz about the impact of sexual abuse on sexuality, and ways to reclaim pleasure, safety and intimacy. She reports that taking a vacation from sex is sometimes necessary, because when sex feels like an obligation, it can often trigger difficulties from the abuse. She …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Sexuality Tagged With: Couples, healing, intimacy, partnership, pleasure, relationships, sex, sex therapy, Sexual Abuse, sexual violence, survivors, Trauma, triggers

Pornography with Gina Rourke and Daryl Fort

December 9, 2009 by ssradmin

An interview with Gina Rourke and Daryl Fort about Pornography. Gina and Daryl talk about finding a sex-positive, pro-feminist relationship to pornography, that doesn’t deny the realities of violence and subjugation of women that is present in some porn.

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Filed Under: Sexuality Tagged With: female sexuality, feminism, male sexuality, masculinity, objectification, pleasure, pornography, Rape Culture, sex, sex positive, sexual violence

Working with Sex Offenders with Deb Dana

November 18, 2009 by ssradmin

Deb Dana is a social worker who works with sex offenders. She talks about what factors contribute to multiple offenses and offers tremendous hope for families where sexual abuse has taken place.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Sexuality Tagged With: healing, internal family systems, sex, sex offenders, Sexual Abuse, Sexual assault, sexual health, sexual violence, social work

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