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Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

What can I do?

  • Come to a WMAV meeting(Every Thursday at 4:00 in 462B).

  • Make a personal commitment to treat women with respect.

  • Be a positive role model for boys and for other men.

  • Reject traditional stereotypes about men that devalue emotions and “feminine” qualities.

  • Speak out against sexist comments, jokes or inappropriate sexual behavior.

  • Take a Women’s Studies class.

  • Never pressure a woman for sex. Communicate your desires clearly and ask your partner to do the same. Do not make assumptions about what she wants based on how she is dressed or how she is acting.

  • Start or participate in a discussion group about men’s roles in ending violence.

  • Volunteer at a rape crisis center or domestic violence shelter.

  • Believe someone who tells you she has been assaulted. Listen to her and ask her how you can help. On campus, refer her to CASAS 650-3700.

 

What is the difference between the WMAV club and the
WMAV Lifestyle Advisor group?

  • The LA(Lifestly Advisor) part of WMAV is a group of men who are trained through Prevention and Wellness Services and put on the dorm programs and the campus wide events. The club is open to all men where we talk about issues related to violence, do gender-bending activities and more.

 

Why do you only talk about men's violence against women.
Aren't there other kinds?

  • Yes we do realize that there are other kinds of violence than just men's violence against women. One of the reason's that we focus on men's violence against women is that our program is funded by the Ending Violence Against Women Grant. Our goal is to focus on different kinds of violence in our club meetings this year and would love to work with other violence prevention groups on campus.

 

Aren't there a lot of women who hit men.
Why do you only talk about men's abuse?

  • While men are victims to 15% of domestic violence, a vast majority of perpetrators of domestic violence are male. Also, men are often more destructive when they are abusive because they are often much larger than their partner. We do not think that any domestic violence is okay, but because of these reasons we tend to focus on men's violence.

 

What is consent? What am I supposed to say,
"Will you have intercouse with me"?

  • Consent is the agreement between two people who are completely sober and able to act completely of their own free will, free of coersion to have sex. While verbal communication is the best way to know if you have consent, body language can also be a que to whether a person is willing to have sex. It may seem weird to ask your partner but we have heard from some men that their partners thanked them for asking.
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