Episode #1: The Bystander Effect on Teen Influences & Sexual Violence

Triggers & Spiritual Medicine

A must listen episode regarding a local incident w/ guest, Ukumbwa Sauti. This conversation is to open a conversation about a topic that is typically silenced & how we, as a society, as a culture, have normalized certain unhealthy behaviors that can have detrimental consequences.
Let's change this narrative, shall we???

In this episode, we talk about the

• community backlash
• subtleties of mixed message signaling
• bystander impact
• systemic issues create blind spots that can appear funny
• “NOT intentional sexualization of teenage boys” (as someone in the local community put it) – & the gateway to unintentional grooming practices by predators & rapists that blur healthy boundaries & potential put our children in harm's way.

Important stats per (NSVRC)

• 1:3 female & 1:4 male victims experienced rape for the 1st time between 11 & 17yo
• 1:4 undergraduate women experienced sexual assault at 33 major universities

In this episode we offer 5 things we can do NOW to begin that shift & BE a part of the solution.
More Information & Additional Resources can be found HERE.

ABOUT UKUMBWA:

Ukumbwa Sauti, M.Ed. is an educator, facilitator, speaker & consultant. His areas of work include his Men’s Work Initiative, Conscious Consent, anti-patriarchy, anti-racism, environmental issues, Indigenous spirituality & media studies.

He's taught cultural media studies engaging issues of race, sex & gender oppression, class, colonialism, modernity & technology. He has presented in academic, spiritual/cultural & community venues & taught classes on consent, sexual & intimate safety in sex-positive conferences & organizations for more than 15 yrs.

Ukumbwa currently runs an initiative called Men’s Work, engaging men & others in the process of interrogating & dismantling patriarchal privilege & power, toxic masculinity, misogyny & homophobia.

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