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Investigating Women's Sexual Agency And Alcohol Use In The Sexual Consent Process, Julie Koven
Investigating Women's Sexual Agency And Alcohol Use In The Sexual Consent Process, Julie Koven
Graduate Doctoral Dissertations
Among college students, sexual engagement and alcohol consumption are considered common behaviors, with many students reporting drinking prior to sexual experiences. Given the prevalence of sexual assault on campuses and connection between nonconsensual sex and drinking, colleges have adopted policies and programs with the intention of reducing risky drinking behaviors and sexual practices. The majority of these policies stipulate that students cannot give sexual consent under the influence of alcohol, but students find these policies unrealistic. Further, these policies fail to consider the larger context of traditional heteronormative gender scripts that influence sexual behavior, setting narrow expectations, especially for women’s …
Don’T Ignore My Voice: A Call To Action By And For Gender-Expansive Youth, Sam Hoyo
Don’T Ignore My Voice: A Call To Action By And For Gender-Expansive Youth, Sam Hoyo
Graduate Doctoral Dissertations
Gender-expansive youth are regularly discriminated against because they do not fit into the socially constructed gender binaries of the schools they attend. Nor, typically, do they have a general sense of personal safety, often feeling socially and academically excluded from their dominant heteronormative school culture. This youth participatory action research mixed method study advocates for the academic success of gender-expansive youth by documenting how gender expansive young people embody damaging educational experiences and to what extent these experiences can also lead to solidarity, resilience, and perseverance. The research findings include that gender expansive youth feel tolerated but not supported by …