When living in Utah, one must be constantly aware of religious expectations. In Salt Lake City especially, the religious undercurrent in local culture can be hard to ignore particularly, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ conservative views on sex. The Church believes that sex education for young people should come primarily.
In the past, statistics have shown that around 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in Utah will experience domestic violence at some point in their life. Now, increased reports on abuse reveal that those statistics might be on the rise. A recent article on KSL found that more incidences of domestic.
Today on the Academic Minute: Chris Linder, associate professor of higher education and director of the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the University of Utah, explains why we should focus more on preventing sexual assault than avoiding it.
Emma Ratkovic 0:03 Hello, and welcome back to News For U, the Daily Utah Chronicle news podcast. I’m Emma and on today’s episode of the podcast, we’re going to talk about the U’s effort to open conversations about sexual assault and awareness. Due to this episode’s subject matter, this conversation may contain sensitive content.
Sarah Hurtado said her primary goal at the workshops will be to get participants to shift their thinking so they recognize the shared responsibility in preventing and addressing sexual violence.