“If we agree that universities need to monitor sexual violence in various locations, and that they will require students to hew to a narrower set of rules than the wider world, how do we deal with putting these ideas into the brains of teenagers who have been schooled in the disgusting gender norms of our American culture for the previous eighteen years? This is the essential conundrum. Can we teach these relatively young dogs new tricks? I believe that we can.” WorldBelieveCultureI BelieveBrainTeachViolenceDogStudentsAgreeVariousGenderTeenagerDisgustingNormAmerican CultureEighteen Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“I also believe that upending ingrained ideas about what assault is a gun to the head, a stranger, a parking lot and what consent looks like a woman who gives a no really means yes is very messy. And part of the messiness is some students - and yes, usually these are liberal students - over-determining the definition of assault.” GivingBelieveMeanStudentsGunStrangerMessyReally MeanParking Lot Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“Believe women first. I think this is very important. We must believe women first, and if the evidence truly stacks against them - in a significant way, not just a minor way - then revise our position.” ThinkingBelieveImportantEvidenceSignificant Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis