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jezebel.com: Here's the good news. Colleges are taking Title IX seriously and asking that students be well-versed in substance abuse and sexual assault prevention. Here's the bad news: You may have to disclose how many people you've gone down on in the last three months.
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I fail to understand how the number of sexual partners you have had has any relevance on whether or not you will sexually harass someone, or even if you know what counts as sexual harassment. I’m just not sure what Clemson is trying to accomplish with this survey. I understand that they are trying to cut down on substance abuse and sexual assault, I just fail to understand how on Earth they think asking about the number of sexual partners one has had will have anything to do with anything other than how much sex someone has. The better thing to do is to educate people on things like “yes means yes” and what constitutes sexual abuse or assault, rather than ask questions about presumably consensual sexual encounters.
I fail to understand how the number of sexual partners you have had has any relevance on whether or not you will sexually harass someone, or even if you know what counts as sexual harassment. I’m just not sure what Clemson is trying to accomplish with this survey. I understand that they are trying to cut down on substance abuse and sexual assault, I just fail to understand how on Earth they think asking about the number of sexual partners one has had will have anything to do with anything other than how much sex someone has. The better thing to do is to educate people on things like “yes means yes” and what constitutes sexual abuse or assault, rather than ask questions about presumably consensual sexual encounters.
This is weird. I fully support colleges created well rounded sexual education programs, but these should be broad enough to help all students regardless on knowledge or sexual history. Having a history with a number of partners has absolutely nothing to do with how good of a person someone is, so it seems ridiculous that they would make students disclose that kind of information. That is personal. Give the students the resources and information they need to make safe choices and be done with it.
This is suspicious. I dont see any situation where this information could be relevant to whether or or not you sexually assault someone or are a victim of sexual assault. Furthermore it is a violation of students privacy to have to report this information to their school as a part of a mandatory program. I think it is great that Clemson and other colleges are getting serious about substance abuse and sexual assault prevention, but I do think they need to reevaluate their approach and see if all of the requirements of their online class are necessary and helpful.
I completely support wanting to have your students safe, healthy, etc., but this is extreme. Asking for students to list the number of partners they've had, in order to get a better understanding of the student population, I believe, isn't ridiculous, but asking for descriptions of sexual encounters is going too far. It is not helpful to students, faculty, or the school itself to have a copy of all this private information. Like Olivia said, I think that providing students with resources is a good start, but I don't think that starting teaching students about safe, consensual, sex in college is the place to start. Children, from an age before they will have sexual urges. Mutual respect needs to taught at an early age.
I can understand why Clemenson University would want to educate their students about sex and how to handle situations regarding sex. Students are teenagers and teenagers sometimes do ridiculous things. However, there is no reason that the university should be asking how many partners you have had. That is personal information that no one should feel obligated to disclose. i'm not even sure how many people feel comfortable disclosing that information to their doctor at 18. There are other ways universities can educate students about sex without asking them how many partners they have had.
This is not something that students should have to do. It's your business, and it doesn't matter. What has happened in the past in your personal life shouldn't bear any weight on a situation such as this. And when we're talking about the "yes means yes," "no means no" education, it seems that some of the world has forgotten that most people know this. It's not a terrible thing to reiterate, but still. Sexual assault is a big deal, I'm not denying that. But the way we're talking about it in the present day is also a big deal. There is a certain point where trying to be cautious as aware goes too far (such as this survey,) and becomes a bit ridiculous.
Personally I feel that forcing students to answer the question of how many sexual partners they have been involved with and connecting it to their student information is a complete invitation of privacy. If the school truly care about the data they would have it as a anonymous survey that just informed the school of whether or not the student completed the require if that data means that much to them about knowing the morals and history of their community. Coming to Carnegie Mellon I was very happy with how they handled to sex assault training. Haven I felt did it's job in that I got the information I needed to know and tactics how to always be safe. If schools want to take care of their students and help make sure they are making smart choices in their lives alcohol edu and haven are great programs. They get the data anonymously and everyone is happy because no ones privacy is compromised
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I fail to understand how the number of sexual partners you have had has any relevance on whether or not you will sexually harass someone, or even if you know what counts as sexual harassment. I’m just not sure what Clemson is trying to accomplish with this survey. I understand that they are trying to cut down on substance abuse and sexual assault, I just fail to understand how on Earth they think asking about the number of sexual partners one has had will have anything to do with anything other than how much sex someone has. The better thing to do is to educate people on things like “yes means yes” and what constitutes sexual abuse or assault, rather than ask questions about presumably consensual sexual encounters.
I fail to understand how the number of sexual partners you have had has any relevance on whether or not you will sexually harass someone, or even if you know what counts as sexual harassment. I’m just not sure what Clemson is trying to accomplish with this survey. I understand that they are trying to cut down on substance abuse and sexual assault, I just fail to understand how on Earth they think asking about the number of sexual partners one has had will have anything to do with anything other than how much sex someone has. The better thing to do is to educate people on things like “yes means yes” and what constitutes sexual abuse or assault, rather than ask questions about presumably consensual sexual encounters.
This is weird. I fully support colleges created well rounded sexual education programs, but these should be broad enough to help all students regardless on knowledge or sexual history. Having a history with a number of partners has absolutely nothing to do with how good of a person someone is, so it seems ridiculous that they would make students disclose that kind of information. That is personal. Give the students the resources and information they need to make safe choices and be done with it.
This is suspicious. I dont see any situation where this information could be relevant to whether or or not you sexually assault someone or are a victim of sexual assault. Furthermore it is a violation of students privacy to have to report this information to their school as a part of a mandatory program. I think it is great that Clemson and other colleges are getting serious about substance abuse and sexual assault prevention, but I do think they need to reevaluate their approach and see if all of the requirements of their online class are necessary and helpful.
I completely support wanting to have your students safe, healthy, etc., but this is extreme. Asking for students to list the number of partners they've had, in order to get a better understanding of the student population, I believe, isn't ridiculous, but asking for descriptions of sexual encounters is going too far. It is not helpful to students, faculty, or the school itself to have a copy of all this private information. Like Olivia said, I think that providing students with resources is a good start, but I don't think that starting teaching students about safe, consensual, sex in college is the place to start. Children, from an age before they will have sexual urges. Mutual respect needs to taught at an early age.
I can understand why Clemenson University would want to educate their students about sex and how to handle situations regarding sex. Students are teenagers and teenagers sometimes do ridiculous things. However, there is no reason that the university should be asking how many partners you have had. That is personal information that no one should feel obligated to disclose. i'm not even sure how many people feel comfortable disclosing that information to their doctor at 18. There are other ways universities can educate students about sex without asking them how many partners they have had.
This is not something that students should have to do. It's your business, and it doesn't matter. What has happened in the past in your personal life shouldn't bear any weight on a situation such as this. And when we're talking about the "yes means yes," "no means no" education, it seems that some of the world has forgotten that most people know this. It's not a terrible thing to reiterate, but still. Sexual assault is a big deal, I'm not denying that. But the way we're talking about it in the present day is also a big deal. There is a certain point where trying to be cautious as aware goes too far (such as this survey,) and becomes a bit ridiculous.
Personally I feel that forcing students to answer the question of how many sexual partners they have been involved with and connecting it to their student information is a complete invitation of privacy. If the school truly care about the data they would have it as a anonymous survey that just informed the school of whether or not the student completed the require if that data means that much to them about knowing the morals and history of their community.
Coming to Carnegie Mellon I was very happy with how they handled to sex assault training. Haven I felt did it's job in that I got the information I needed to know and tactics how to always be safe. If schools want to take care of their students and help make sure they are making smart choices in their lives alcohol edu and haven are great programs. They get the data anonymously and everyone is happy because no ones privacy is compromised
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