On Tuesday morning I had the pleasure of hearing Jackson Katz at a men's leadership breakfast. Katz is an activist addressing gender related issues, including sexual assault.

He shared lots of shocking statistics, but one of the most important to me is that between 20 and 25% of college women will experience either an attempted or successful sexual assault. 65% of my students are women, so this hits close to home. And with the close nature of our campus, I have had conversations with students who have been assaulted. And as Katz indicated, not some random stranger, but a father, a relative, a boyfriend.

Katz argued that we need to stop calling this a woman's issue because 99% of the perpetraotrs are men. So he called for those men in that room to be engaged in this issue and take a real stand against sexual assault.

Below is a news story about sexual assault in Arkansas, one of the few places that has experienced an increase.

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=102206

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