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Consent on Campus: A Manifesto
by Donna Freitas
(Oxford University Press, £12.99)
THIS is a passionate, timely and practical examination of sexual violence on college campuses and, while its focus is on the US, the analysis and solutions are just as applicable and deliverable to universities in this country.
In the US, consent on campus is at a pivotal point. TitleIX, which has enabled those students who have experienced sexual violence or harassment to report their perpetuator(s) to college authorities, is facing pushback from the Trump government.
Donna Freitas argues that colleges and universities have much more to do, with TitleIX and tick-box consent education not being the full answer. “Tackling systemic problems like sexual violence goes to the heart of what higher education is about,” she asserts. “Universities claim to be powerful forces for good in our world and for the good of young people within them. It’s time they acted like it.”
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