Why Do We Love Bystander Intervention And Fear Community Consequences For Rape?

Why Do We Prefer Bystander Intervention To Social Sanctioning As A Prevention For Rape?
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It looks like it’s going to be The Year of Bystander Intervention.

The White House is pushing it. It’s all the buzz at college administrator conferences. The anti-violence organization I co-direct gets plenty of emails from schools requesting bystander training, despite our very public skepticism of it.

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