Request a Program!
Presentations Available for Residence Halls,
Student Organizations and Classrooms
Requests must be made at least two weeks prior to the request of event date.
Please contact Ebony McClease, Women's Center (mccleasee1@owls.southernct.edu) or
Julian Wilson, Men's Initiative (wilsonj22@owls.southernct.edu).
Note: WC indicates that the material is presented by the Women's Center staff and
MI is presented by the Men's Initiative.
Sex, Violence, and the Media (WC, MI)
This interactive, multimedia presentation takes a look at representations of gender,
sex, and college students in popular culture and the media. Through images, music,
and videos, participants are presented with the dominant images that drive our culture
and the idea that "SEX SELLS". This interactive presentation will highlight the stereotypes/issues
represented in the media.
Stalking Realities (WC)
Facebook, MySpace, and other online communities are great ways to meet new friends
and keep in touch with people. However, stalking (including the use of technology
to stalk) and online harassment occur more often than we think! In addition to definitions
and statistics, presenters will share examples through case studies and interactive
activities. Learn the issues that social media websites present in connection to our
lives and other technological devices.
Relationship Poker (WC)
Relationships are an important part of college life, but not everyone's relationships
are always healthy. This interactive program looks at the continuum of intimate relationships
- from healthy to abusive. This is an in-depth look at the issues associated with
the red flags and other behaviors that help to identify if a relationship is healthy
or unhealthy. This program will spark conversation, dialogue and discussion about
the idea of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
The Makings of a Hook-up (WC, MI)
This interactive presentation provides a general overview of sexual assault, including
the role of consent and alcohol, as well as on issues of consent and victim blaming.
All activities can be tailored to fit the audience.
Be A Man (MI)
What do you think it means to "be a man?" Tough? Strong? Unemotional? How do these
perceptions contradict our own experiences? Come discuss what masculinity means to
you, the contradictions it often poses to our own experiences and why it's important
to consider and discuss these questions.
Bystander Intervention (MI)
Silence is often taken as approval. But what do we do or say to be able to do something
if we are not directly involved in a dispute, unhealthy relationship or an offensive
remark? This discussion will highlight the importance of being an active bystander
and what you can do safely as a bystander.
Film Screenings/Presentations
Educational films are an asset to learning, as they help spark conversation and challenge perceptions. Our facilitators can incorporate any of the following films into a guest lecture or turn the film screening and discussion into its own lecture at the request and availability of a presenter(s).
Telling Amy's Story
Telling Amy's Story follows the timeline of a domestic violence homicide that occurred
in central Pennsylvania on November 8, 2001. While we will never be able to change
the ending to Amy's story, we hope that it's telling can change outcomes for the millions
of victims, survivors, and loved ones affected by domestic violence every day.
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, & Power in Music Video
Dreamworlds 3, the highly anticipated update of Sut Jhally's groundbreaking Dreamworlds 2 (1995),
examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages
viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about
sexuality.
Killing Us Softly 3
Killing Us Softly 3 provides a groundbreaking analysis of advertising's depiction of women in this most
recent update of the pioneering Killing Us Softly series. The film decodes an array
of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive
gender stereotypes. The analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between
advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence.
Tough Guise
While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant
role of masculinity has until recently remained largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared toward college and high school students to
systematically examine the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social
construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century.
The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men
Filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys
and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a range of contemporary
media forms such as music, pornography, and comedy that revel in myths of American
manhood and entitlement. The Bro Code challenges young men to question these dangerously sexist ideal of masculinity.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Hip-hop is a man's game but does it have to be? A self-described "hip hop head" takes
an in-depth look at masculinity and manhood in rap and hip-hop, where creative genius
collides with misogyny, violence and homophobia, exposing the complex intersections
of culture and commerce. A short discussion will follow. Produced by Media Education
Foundation Northampton, MA, c2006
Wrestling with Manhood: Boys, Bullying and Battering
Drawing the connection between professional wrestling and the construction of contemporary
masculinity, Wrestling with Manhood shows how the so-called "entertainment" of wrestling
is related to homophobia, sexual assault and relationship violence. It shows how wrestling
allows cynical promoters of violence and sexism an uncontested role in the process
by which boys become "men." A short discussion will follow. Produced by Media Education
Foundation Northampton, MA, c2006
To request presentations or for more information contact:
Women's Center
Ebony McClease, Graduate Intern
mccleasee1@owls.southernct.edu
203-392-5786
Men's Initiative
Julian Wilson, Graduate Intern
wilsonj22@owls.southernct.edu
203-392-6902