Emory University’s “Project Unspoken” is asking tough questions and getting raw and honest answers.
The goal of Project Unspoken is to end the silence surrounding rape, sexual assault and relationship violence. They have been working on a series of videos that ask students and staff questions about rape culture, victim blaming, oppression, gender identity, power struggles, patriarchy and more. The answers are raw. You can sense the difficulty the responders have in answering many of the questions. Still, each response pushes important conversations forward in ways new and unexpected. Below is their recent video on patriarchy. It’s the fifth in the series. Check it out:
Video 1: I am tired of the silence.
Video 2: You’re not just a victim. You’re a survivor.
Video 3: Victim Blaming.
Video 4: Rape Culture.
Note: Project Unspoken is looking for members to join their team. Email ProjectUnspoken(at)gmail.com to get involved. You can follow them @ProjectUnspoken and here on Facebook.
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“Can you tell me about the one time you were most discouraged to do something or act a certain way, b/c you were not doing what males were supposed to be doing?” Yeah, this question is a kind of false equivalency with the kind of gender oppression women experience. True, there are things that men are not supposed to do like wear a dress, play the flute, care for children, ect. but discouragement or imposed non-action is not, in the main, the problem men experience under matriarchy. Instead men are required to act; his measure of value is directly a… Read more »