Date Rape Prevention as Social Justice Training by Dr. Pamela Remer

the Center for Gender Studies, Psy.D. Counseling Psychology and
the Department of Psychology Invite You to Attend ...

	"Date Rape Prevention as Social Justice
	Training: Transforming Male Privilege
	Presented by	and Creating Non-Rape Prone
	Dr. Pamela Remer Campus Cultures"
	Counseling Psychology College of Education University of Kentucky

Presentation Location & Time
The 2009 Conference Keynote Address
in Hurlburt Auditorium, 4:30 - 6:00 ~ on Monday, April 20, 2009
at Radford University, Radford, VA.
The presentation is open to the public; admission is free.

Presentation Themes
"Social justice endeavors seek to reduce and eliminate social inequities (e.g., sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, heterosexism, classism, ageism, ableism, etc.) This presentation will focus on the integration of social justice perspectives to an innovative approach to date rape prevention training created at the University of Kentucky by a collaborative team of faculty and graduate students. Whereas more traditional approaches to date rape prevention have focused on teaching women how to protect themselves, our date rape prevention program used social justice perspectives to help participants:

(a) become knowledgeable about the cultural context in which rape takes place,
(b) become aware of how gender-role socialization practices and socialization of societal rape myths support
rape,
(c) challenge their internalized beliefs about power-based relationships between women and men and about
rape myths,
(d) challenge victim-blaming attitudes in self and others,
(e) change misperceptions of rape and of what constitutes sexual interest and consent, and
(f) transform male privilege into men becoming allies to reduce the occurrence of rape.

This presentation will explore the theoretical applications of social justice perspectives to date rape prevention interventions, the research outcomes of this approach, and an opportunity for attendees to see and participate in a sample intervention." Pamela Remer, March 2009

Background Information
"Pamela Remer, Associate Professor, received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado in 1972. Her areas of research interests include factors affecting recovery from rape, effective counseling interventions for women, career decision-making counseling, diversity issues in counseling and effectiveness of counselor responses. She teaches courses in techniques of counseling, theories, counseling women, psychodrama, and career counseling. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Remer's theoretical orientation is Psychodrama within a feminist framework. She is currently the Director of Training for the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program" She is also the co-author of 'Feminist Perspectives in Therapy: Empowering Diverse Women', second edition, 2002; click on the cover image for links to further details concerning this work." Source: Counseling Psychology Faculty Web , College of Education, UKY, April 2009

For more information about this presentation or 2009 conference, please contact:

Ms. Christi Byrd: tel 540-831-6644 - email: cbyrd13@radford.edu
or Dr. Hilary Lips: tel 540-831-5387- email: hlips@radford.edu

Contact Information and Related Links for Pamela Remer
~ Email: Dr. Pamela Remer ~ Counseling Psychology ~ Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology ~
~ College of Education ~ University of Kentucky ~

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