Beat the Blame Game - Military
Victim blaming. The greatest barrier to holding rapists accountable, and giving survivors the critical support they need. Beat the Blame Game is the powerful reality check that provides you with the tools you need to challenge the corrosive hostility that follows victims when they report.
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As Honest as It Gets
Unfortunately, military personnel are not immune from buying into victim-blaming perceptions. How do we shift the responsibility back onto the perpetrators where it belongs? We play back the most common reasons why people blame the victim and support perpetrators and then dismantle those arguments through an application of myth-busting logic and military core values. This provocative presentation can stand alone—but it’s also a great companion piece to Sex Signals.
The Research Behind the Reality
Why do we have such an unswerving commitment to ending victim blaming? To help reduce incidents of sexual violence and coercion. Research strongly links intervention during an incident to bystanders understanding that what they are witnessing is indeed problematic. The program utilizes real cases to illustrate how all of us are vulnerable to blaming the victim, and shares ways of challenging ourselves, and others, when we lose our way.
The Takeaway
We are determined to kick the Blame Game to the curb. How about you? This program is designed to:
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Help audiences recognize and reduce victim blaming in themselves and others
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Change the culture to one that holds perpetrators accountable
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Increase the likelihood of bystander intervention
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Actively involve everyone in the work of cultural change
Pairs Well with these Programs
Sex Signals – Military
Sex Signals has become one of the most popular and respected sexual assault awareness programs on military installations through its unorthodox, humor-facilitated approach to examining sex, culture, and the core issue of bystander intervention.
Got Your Back
This research based program is designed to dismantle the false belief that rape is really just a bad hook-up, as well as differentiate between healthy intimacy and sexual violence.
