RSVP (Reducing Sexism and Violence Program) is an evidence-based and data-driven student based, train-the-trainers violence prevention project. It is positive in approach and affirming by nature. It focuses on empowering and training the students as “bystanders” to effectively respond to, as well as prevent bullying, interpersonal violence, and harassment. The curriculum consists of a series of real-life school and social scenarios ranging from dating violence to sexual harassment. By focusing on bystander behavior, RSVP reduces the defensiveness and hopelessness that many young people feel when discussing men’s violence against women. The RSVP program is supported by supplemental exercises, many of which utilize media images from popular culture to prompt critical thinking, open discussion, and challenge traditional construction of gender roles.
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