http://calcasa.org/prevention/what-is-the-role-of-parents-to-prevent-sexual-victimization/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:39:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://calcasa.org/prevention/what-is-the-role-of-parents-to-prevent-sexual-victimization/comment-page-1/#comment-8966 John D. Foubert, Ph.D. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:34:36 +0000 http://calcasa.org/?p=8043#comment-8966 From my point of view as a researcher and programmer in the area of sexual violence, I believe that too often people think that if we just get rid of the alcohol problem on college campuses that rape will go away. This is much too simplistic of an idea. However, equally damaging to our field is the notion that any effort to reduce rape that doesn't ask men to rape less isn't worth doing. Such a perspective can allow political slogans to get in the way of real prevention. The latter is my primary worry with the blog above. If we really want to end rape, it will take a comprehensive approach, based on the best data we can find, and not rooted in flimsy assumptions or slogans that sound good to some but don't do much more than get a nod of agreement during a conference presentation. Ending rape will require using a combination of methods shown effective by the measured changes shown through the most sophisticated research available. This study moves us a major leap forward. I applaud Testa and her colleagues for their sophisticated approach, longitudinal design, and very promising results. This is great news to all of us who are looking for one more way to lower the incidence of rape on college campuses and we should share it with parents of college students across the country. Thank you, Testa, Hoffman, Livingston, and Turrisi for showing us one more way to make a difference. From my point of view as a researcher and programmer in the area of sexual violence, I believe that too often people think that if we just get rid of the alcohol problem on college campuses that rape will go away. This is much too simplistic of an idea. However, equally damaging to our field is the notion that any effort to reduce rape that doesn’t ask men to rape less isn’t worth doing. Such a perspective can allow political slogans to get in the way of real prevention. The latter is my primary worry with the blog above. If we really want to end rape, it will take a comprehensive approach, based on the best data we can find, and not rooted in flimsy assumptions or slogans that sound good to some but don’t do much more than get a nod of agreement during a conference presentation. Ending rape will require using a combination of methods shown effective by the measured changes shown through the most sophisticated research available. This study moves us a major leap forward. I applaud Testa and her colleagues for their sophisticated approach, longitudinal design, and very promising results. This is great news to all of us who are looking for one more way to lower the incidence of rape on college campuses and we should share it with parents of college students across the country. Thank you, Testa, Hoffman, Livingston, and Turrisi for showing us one more way to make a difference.

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