Why women's self-defense should be part of our rape prevention strategies

What is it about?

Existing research establishes the effectiveness of women's self-defense--both training in it and enacting it when one is assaulted--and yet it continues to be ignored by the government task forces, including the CDC, and college administrators and sexual assault prevention educators. This results in a "hidden curriculum" that teaches people that women are powerless and must rely on bystanders to save them.

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Why is it important?

Campus sexual assault is in the spotlight. After the White House Task Force mandated in 2014 that all colleges receiving federal funds engage in sexual assault prevention education to all incoming students, it's crucial to interrogate the curriculum campuses have created and show that self-defense rightfully belongs in it.