By Brenda Payan This post is one of eight in the center’s You Might Be Causing Harm If . . . campaign. Between 2011 and 2020, reported gonorrhea cases in Utah increased by nearly 880%, and chlamydia cases have also increased, though not as drastically. By not getting tested regularly, you and your sexual partners […]
Read MoreBy Tillie Powell This post is one of eight in the center’s You Might Be Causing Harm If . . . campaign. When we picture sexual assault, we often think about a random stranger jumping out of the bushes and attacking a pretty, young woman. Since we focus so much on these incidents of sexual […]
Read MoreBy Jilly Mcbane Anyone who knows me could tell you that I absolutely love the University of Utah — the campus, the people, the overall energy. It’s my favorite school and yet, like any other university, I know it’s not without its problems, including those related to relationship and sexual violence. At the McCluskey Center […]
Read MoreBy Jilly Mcbane How many times have you agreed to something you didn’t want to do just because you wanted to make someone else happy? And maybe you even ended up enjoying it, but more times than not, you ended up regretting it. When it comes to sex, there’s a huge difference between willing to […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Rives One of the things that’s struck me the most in doing sexual violence prevention work is that society almost always talks about harm retroactively. It happened to someone. Someone hurt another. We offer aid, support and change after a tragedy or trauma has occurred. Because of this, our society typically confronts violence […]
Read MoreBy Jilly Mcbane When I was younger, my parents set strict curfews for me. Finally got my driver’s license? Yes!!! Home by 10 p.m. on a weekend night? Hell no. Or, I mean, ugh fine … But as the time approached and none of my friends had left the party yet, I had to say, […]
Read MoreAllie Moore (She, her, Hers), Student Staff Member The app Yik Yak was popular for our generation in 2016 then died down and was never heard from again. Until last spring when it started to pick up traction again on college campuses across the country. Last night, on January 26th, 2022, a U of U […]
Read Moreby Blessing Heelis, Undergraduate Staff, MCVP Black minidress with puff sleeves, white sneakers, and my hair in pigtails: this is what I was wearing when my neighbor catcalled me. Earlier that morning while getting ready, I felt very cute. But after being catcalled, I felt gross. As my neighbor exclaimed, “Good Lord!” and stared […]
Read Moreby Chris Linder, Director, MCVP This morning, as with most mornings, I opened my New York Times email to skim the headlines. I saw the headline, Missing Girl Is Rescued After Using Hand Signal From TikTok and sighed. Here we go again, I thought. Another story about how if girls just knew the right things […]
Read MoreAllie Moore, Student Staff As the school year comes to a close, I think it is crucial to reflect on the turmoil of a year we have all experienced. It hasn’t all been miserable but it definitely has not been the best year ever. Through ups and downs, highs and lows this year has felt […]
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