Students Talking: The Case for Teaching about Gender Violence
Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2023/03/08/case-teaching-about-gender-violence-opinion
The movie Women Talking, based on the novel by Miriam Toews and nominated for Best Picture at this weekend’s Academy Awards, has something to teach those of us who teach. I make this claim well aware of the vast differences between most U.S. college students and the group of Mennonite women who have gathered in a hayloft to decide what to do in the wake of multiple rapes. Will they do nothing, stay and fight, or leave?