Category: Abuse of Power
They Are Human Beings: Children Deserve Consent in Sex Education
There’s something deeply wrong in the way we talk about “sex education [...]
We Used to Cry Over Bathroom Walls
There was a time when girls came home in tears over the writing on the [...]
Child Abuse Is Not a Team Sport
And we’re not playing sides when kids are the ones getting hurt.
Le [...]
Discomfort Is Data: Rethinking How We Teach Sex Education to Children
Teaching consent means we must also practice it.Too often, when ch [...]
Lucy Diggs Slowe: Defender of Boundaried Spaces for Black Girls in Higher Education
Because safety has always been part of the curriculum—if we make it so [...]
Lizzy Seeberg’s Story: When Colleges Choose Power Over Protection
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It is nothing new for colleges to support athletes, not female st [...]
When Safety Fails: The Crisis of Campus Sexual Violence
Too many students pack their dreams into suitcases, head off to coll [...]
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them” — What the Montgomery County Children Tried to Teach Us
We often say we care about children.We create programs, pass laws, bui [...]
Children Can Learn About People Without Being Taught About Sex
Let’s begin with a truth that seems to be getting lost in today’s deba [...]
A Timeline That Puts It All in Perspective: The History of Sex Education in U.S. Schools
To understand the heated debates around sex education today, it helps [...]