(TRIGGER WARNING) It’s Time to Have a Conversation About Personal Responsibility, Rape, and Public Schools! « Cooperative Catalyst

(TRIGGER WARNING) It’s Time to Have a Conversation About Personal Responsibility, Rape, and Public Schools! « Cooperative Catalyst:

(TRIGGER WARNING) It’s Time to Have a Conversation About Personal Responsibility, Rape, and Public Schools!

by Jabreel Chisley

• Greene County, Missouri (Republic School District)
• Memphis, Tennessee (Memphis Public School District)
• Jackson Township, Ohio (Jackson Local School District)
• Bibb County, Macon, Georgia (Bibb County Public School District)
• Gwinett County, Georgia ( Gwinett County Public School District)
• University Park, Texas ( Highland Park Independent School District)
• Richmond, California (West Contra Costa Unified School District)
• Chestnut Ridge (Ramapo), New York (East Ramapo Central Public School District)
• Lakewood, Washington (Clover Park School District)
• Detroit, Michigan (Detroit Public Schools)
• Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public School District)
• Henry County, Georgia (Henry County School District)
• Hillsborough County, Florida (Hillsborough County Public School District)
• Spring, Texas (Spring Independent School District)
• Redwood City, California (Redwood City School District)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia City School District)
• Raytown, Missouri (Raytown City School District)
• Stubenville, Ohio (Stubenville Local School District)
• Boston, Massachusetts (Groton School)
• Dekalb County, Georgia (Dekalb County Public Schools)
• Pasco County, Florida (Pasco County School District)
• Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth Public School District)
• Scottsdale, Arizona (Scottsdale Unified School District)

America has a social climate where when rape occurs, the victim undergoes public attack, and when it comes to the offender, there is usually offender worshipping, weak punishment, or offender protection. That attitude toward rape has unfortunately grown as generations of children enter the public school system in a society where sex is idealized and glorified and rape is trivialized and everyone is eager to teach girls not to get raped but hesitant to teach boys not to rape. However, since 2002, 23 school districts across the nation have had some type of relation to a sexual assault, most often at the school district’s school. Moreover, while each story was different and some were more heinous than others were, most if not all shared common themes where school officials