{"id":345,"date":"2021-08-20T17:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/?p=345"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:01:17","slug":"just-do-it-standing-up-to-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/toolkit\/part-03\/chapter-14\/activity-14-04\/just-do-it-standing-up-to-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Just do it! Standing up to sexual violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspired and adapted from \u2018Just do it\u2019, a video in RFSU\u2019s \u201cDo you want to?\u201d series, rfsu.se\/villdu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration of activity:&nbsp;<\/strong>35-40 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Explore the barriers holding young people from intervening in the event that they have witnessed \/become aware of an incidence of sexual violence<\/li><li>Help young people identify ways they can use to intervene when they have witnessed or have become aware of incidences of sexual violence in their surrounding environment<\/li><li>Raise awareness on our responsibility as bystanders and how important it is not to stay silent<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials needed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfsu.se\/sex-och-relationer\/for-pedagoger-och-yrkesverksamma\/rfsu-material\/vill-du\/\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=9&amp;v=tWT88a-dGYY&amp;feature=emb_logo\/<\/a>&nbsp;(just do it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worksheet with questions to guide a discussion on the video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step by step process of the activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Introduction: Sometimes, when we have witnessed or have become aware of an incidence of abuse, intervening can feel difficult. While it is indeed hard, it is important that we find some strategies for doing something and not normalizing sexual assault. If we have a chance to explore possible ways of intervention, then it will be easier for us to know what to do in such incidences.<\/li><li>Separate the plenary in 5-6 groups in a fun and interactive way. Estimate each group to have 4-5 persons maximum.<\/li><li>If there are tablets\/mobile phones available for young people to use, they can go online and use the link to watch the video delegated to their group. Alternatively, you can show the video on the projector, in plenary.<\/li><li>The groups can then discuss the questions about the video (given out as a handout) for 15 minutes<\/li><li>Come back to plenary and discuss the questions all together<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facilitation questions for reflection and debriefing:&nbsp;<\/strong>(20 min)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are your thoughts while watching the video?<\/li><li>Is it easy to react in such situations? What can hold us back?<\/li><li>What is the video trying to show?&nbsp;<\/li><li>What makes Alex unsure about intervening? What holds him back?<\/li><li>If you remember, Alex had said: \u2018It is Filip! The guy who bakes muffins and writes romantic songs\u201d. What does he mean by that? What is he trying to do by saying that?<\/li><li>Why is Hasan insisting that they should intervene? What gives him that \u2018bad gut-feeling\u2019?<\/li><li>What do you think is motivating Hasan to take action?<\/li><li>How do you think the two boys are feeling about having to stand up to a guy they know who is doing something that is not okay?<\/li><li>Do you think the fact that both Alex and Hasan decide to take action together has helped them to have the courage to stand up to Filip?<\/li><li>How did the story continue?&nbsp;<\/li><li>What could Hasan and Alex do to address what may have happened between Filip and the girl (Example: ask the girl if she is okay; ask Filip what he\u2019s doing; find the girl\u2019s friends; look for other allies; look for an adult; \u201caccidentally\u201d interrupt etc.)<\/li><li>How could Alex and Hasan\u2019s intervention help out the girl?<\/li><li>How could Alex and Hasan\u2019s intervention help out Filip?<\/li><li>Why is it still important to intervene if you see something happening that does not feel okay?<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li>What can you do to overcome your fears that something may go wrong or ensure that your stay safe when you take action (don\u2019t do it alone and always look for other allies, try to get an adult involved, call security\/the police if things are getting out of hand etc.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e3e3f8\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Take home messages and activity wrap up:<\/strong><br><br>It is not always easy to react when we have witnessed an incidence of abuse. We might be afraid that we may make things worse, or we are worried of how the people around us will react, and sometimes we might know both the people involved in the incidence and that feels awkward, as we\u2019re unsure where our loyalties lie. We may also try to justify the person exercising the violence, as a way to excuse what happened and abstain from taking action. However, not taking action for whatever reason only helps to normalize the abuse and sends a message that such&nbsp;behaviours&nbsp;are acceptable.<br><br>When we have that bad feeling in our stomach, it is an indication that something is wrong. Taking action stops the unhealthy&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;from escalating, provides support to the person experiencing the abuse, reflects to the&nbsp;abuser&nbsp;that their&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;is not okay and thus gives the opportunity to rectify things and also helps change social attitudes about the acceptance\/normalization of violence.&nbsp;<br><br>There are many ways to take action against such incidences: ask the girl if she is okay; challenge\/question Filip\u2019s actions by asking him what he\u2019s doing; find the girl\u2019s friends and ask for their support; look for other allies; ask for an adult to intervene; \u201caccidentally\u201d interrupt and try to divert Filip\u2019s attention elsewhere; ensure that you\u2019re safe when taking action, never react alone etc. Some additional intervention strategies are also listed under the theoretical section 14.1&nbsp;<strong>A<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>toolbox of intervention strategies for bystanders<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tips for adapting the activity and follow up<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have time, you can ask young people to enact their endings to the story instead of just reading it out. This would make the activity more fun and interactive. You can have all groups enact their ending and then hold a wrap up discussion in plenary about all the possible outcomes. The focus of this discussion needs to be on how young people can overcome their fears that something may go wrong if they interfere and also explore what ways of interfering could prove useful in such situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Adapting the activity for online implementation<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<br>\u25cf&nbsp;An easy way to adapt this activity is by substituting face to face small groups with breakout rooms. Participants can watch the video in their groups and discuss the questions in the worksheet.<br><br>\u25cf&nbsp;You can then wrap up the discussion in plenary using the facilitation questions.&nbsp;<br><br>\u25cf&nbsp;To keep the participants further engaged during the discussion in plenary you can use a short online quiz . For instance, possible questions for the quiz could include:<br><br>\u25cb What makes Alex unsure about intervening? What holds him back?<br>\u25cb Why is Hasan insisting that they should intervene?<br>\u25cb What could Hasan and Alex do to address what may have happened between Filip and the girl?<br>\u25cb&nbsp;How could Alex and Hasan\u2019s intervention help out the girl?<br>\u25cb &nbsp;How could Alex and Hasan\u2019s intervention help out Filip?<br><br>\u25cf&nbsp;You\u2019ll need to pre-work some possible answers to these questions (you can use the take home messages to guide you).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired and adapted from \u2018Just do it\u2019, a video in RFSU\u2019s \u201cDo you want to?\u201d series, rfsu.se\/villdu Duration of activity:&nbsp;35-40 min Learning objectives: Explore the barriers holding young people from intervening in the event that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"custom-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-14-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ysafe.net\/ippf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}