Activating Our Campus 2017 Breakout Sessions View Other Sessions

This breakout session will start out with some general statistics about sexual assault, such as how many Americans are sexually assaulted a year, the age range that is at the highest risk, etc. It will then move into the topic of the fetishization of women of color, starting with the definition of racial fetishization. We will discuss how this perpetuates stereotypes and then ask them about the stereotypes that they've heard or things that people have expected of them because of stereotypes. Then we'll talk about why it's not a compliment to be called exotic and examples of that. We will also talk about how this relates to sexual violence, how women of color are seen as hyper sexual. And I want to finish with discussing ways to combat this kind of behavior and rejecting it. This breakout session will be discussion based, and will involve group participation, so they can take what they learn and use it in their life and their experiences.