"IT TAKES TWO SIDES TO HAVE A GENUINE DIALOGUE. THIS IS QUITE AWESOME AND SO NECESSARY, I HOPE IT SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE."
"LET'S TAP INTO AND AMPLIFY THE GOOD IN MEN AND TURN PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF INJUSTICE INTO ACTIVE CAMPAIGNERS FOR EQUALITY."
"RESPECTING WOMEN, THEIR SPACE, AND THEIR RIGHTS IS A CRUCIAL CAUSE THAT I BELIEVE IS ESSENTIAL FOR HARVARD MEN TO..."
"A CRITICAL MASS OF MEN WHO CARE ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ALREADY EXISTS. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE."
"AS MEN, WE MUST DO OUR PART TO ENSURE THAT OUR BROADER COMMUNITIES ARE ONES IN WHICH WOMEN FEEL SAFE, ACCEPTED, AND..."
"THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WHEN MEN SPEAK UP, THEIR PEERS WILL LISTEN. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO."- "TO END THE DOUBLE STANDARDS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT PERVADE OUR SOCIETY, WE AS MEN MUST TAKE ACTION IN PURSUIT OF..."
- "REAL MEN DO NOT COMMIT RAPE"
"I SPEAK UP BECAUSE I ENVISION A BETTER WORLD; ONE IN WHICH WOMEN AND MEN STAND ON EQUAL FOOTING AND HELP INNOVATE FOR A..."
"THE ERADICATION OF SEXUAL PREJUDICE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IS AN IDEAL TO WHICH ALL OF US SHOULD STRIVE."
Fact Sheet
1. The US Surgeon General stated that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to American women between the ages of 15 and 54.
2. More than 960,000 incidents of violence against an intimate (current and former spouses and dating relationships) occur each year, about 85% of the victims are women. (National Crime Victimization Survey, 1992-96.)
3. Nationwide, 30-50% of all female homicide victims were killed by an intimate partner.
4. Only about one-seventh of all domestic assaults come to the attention of the police.
5. By the age of 20, one third of all young women will experience dating violence.
6. 84 Students contacted Harvard's OSAPR in the 2008/2009 academic year to seek services after a rape, sexual assault, or relationship violence.
1. (The Uniform Crime Report, 1996.) 2. (National Crime Victimization Survey, 1992-96.) 3. (Violence by Intimate, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact Book, NCJ-167237, March 1998.) 4. (Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Florida Mortality Review Project, 1997, p.3.) 5.(Domestic/Dating Violence: An Information and Resource Handbook. King County Council, King County, WA, Dec. 1994.) 6. Harvard OSAPR statistics.
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