Expect Respect
Expect Respect is a 6-hour interpersonal violence prevention workshop series created by St. Olaf students and staff and aimed at preventing interpersonal violence at the community level. The peer-facilitated series will explore the intersectional nature of sex, culture, and violence to provide participants with the realistic tools necessary to create and foster a safe environment. Throughout the workshop, videos, role-plays, and other interactive exercises are utilized to help participants apply the concepts in the curriculum to their own lives.
Session Topics
Our introductory session includes an overview of the systemic causes of interpersonal violence as well as the main strategies used in prevention work. Participants will discuss intersectionality and the societal dynamics behind interpersonal violence.
This session provides participants with an overview of gender norms and toxic masculinity and how they are the foundation to interpersonal violence. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of harmful gender norms and masculinity, examine their own gender biases, and learn how to challenge these norms in everyday interactions with others.
This session will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect upon the shortcomings of their own sex education, and how that can contribute to a culture of misinformation and sexual disrespect. They will be provided with tools to fill in the gaps of the knowledge of their peers and participate in a group activity that delves into the intersectionality of sex education.
This session will allow participants to identify how pornography impacts and perpetuates sexual violence as well as gender norms. Participants will be able to reflect and discuss how pornography has influenced their own sexual development.
This session will help participants identify the difference between unhealthy and healthy intimacy, communication, and boundaries. It will help them explore patterns of action, words, threats, etc. People will be able to explore relationships in their own lives in a balanced way.
For our final session, participants will learn how to foster a survivor-centered community at St. Olaf and beyond. Attendees will review the four D’s framework as well as secondary and tertiary prevention measures available on campus and explore the next steps for creating change.
Gain an understanding on the systemic causes of interpersonal violence.
Reflect on individual personal and cultural experiences impacting human to human interactions.
Develop communication skills related to sexual autonomy.
Learn tools and resources for preventing interpersonal violence.