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Women's Rights & Issues

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Fri Jan 30, 2015, 11:53 AM Jan 2015

Dartmouth hopes to take the lead in fighting sexual harassment and violence - by banning hard liquor. As if too much tequila is to blame f/ abuse and rape. And as if beer & wine can't get one just as drunk...

National Memo has more:

http://link.nationalmemo.com/5390d3d3dd52b8141a0aafe528880.zio/VMt5S0mO5QbAPar-A60c7

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Dartmouth thinks blaming the victim solves sexual harassment & violence (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP

(113,518 posts)

1. you don't actually expect them to deal honestly with the root causes of sexual harassment

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:17 PM

Jan 2015

and violence, do you? that would mean admitting there is a rape culture, and admitting who is responsible for it.