...Whoever came up with this as an idea to reduce incidents of sexual assault has obviously never met an actual teenager.
Talking about the role-playing, that is.
If you want to lower incidents of sexual assualt, the solution is pretty straightforward - lower the drinking age to 18. Binge drinking arose as a reaction to the criminalization of normal drinking, and as a result people got socialized into much more dangerous behavior.
Better high school sexuality education, including role-playing on asking for sexual consent, would decrease the incidence of sexual assaults on booze-soaked college campuses, Courtney E. Martin argues today in the American Prospect. Do you agree? How would you have reacted in high school if a teacher had asked you to role-play the following situation: You've left a party and are listening to Bob Marley in the dorm room of an individual you met just a few hours earlier. You kiss this person, and they kiss you back. You would like to move over to the bed. What do you say? What is your body language? How can you tell if they are inebriated?
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Talking about the role-playing, that is.
If you want to lower incidents of sexual assualt, the solution is pretty straightforward - lower the drinking age to 18. Binge drinking arose as a reaction to the criminalization of normal drinking, and as a result people got socialized into much more dangerous behavior.