Resources
Safe Bars code of conduct: Promise of Awareness, Compassion, and Trust (P.A.C.T.)
Defend Yourself
www.defendyourself.org
classes@defendyourself.org
301-608-3708
Facebook
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Teaches Empowerment Self-Defense: Skills for stopping harassment, abuse, and assault when YOU are the target, as well as bystander intervention for everyday life.
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Research
Alcohol and sexual assault
“Actually, the Link Between Sexual Assault and Alcohol Isn’t as Clear as You Think,” Think Progress (blog).
“Alcohol, not drugs, poses biggest date rape risk,” New Scientist
“Alcohol and Sexual Violence Perpetration”, at VAWnet.org
“’Blurred Lines?’ Sexual Aggression and Barroom Culture”, in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
“If He’s Sexually Aggressive In Bars, It’s Not Because He’s Drunk”, on National Public Radio (blog)
Bystander intervention
“Engaging Bystanders to Prevent Sexual Violence,” National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
“Engaging Bystanders in the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence,” PreventConnect
“Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention,” Joan Tabchnick, (NSVRC)
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Winter 2010: “Bystanders: Agents of Primary Prevention.” Partners in Social Change Newsletter, Vol. XIV, Issue 1.
Sexual harassment in hospitality
Sexual Harassment Is Pervasive in the Restaurant Industry. Here’s What Needs to Change: Harvard Business Review.
“All employees should take bystander intervention training so that witnesses of harassment know how to identify it and how to help women [sic] who experience it.” — Harvard Business Review
