It Can Happen To Anyone

3. Louise Stanger
All About Interventions

4. David Malow
GPS Recovery

5. IT CAN HAPPEN to ANYONE !

6. STOP

7. Objectives
• Define and Discuss Sexual Assault
• Define and Discuss Sexual Harassment
• Use Case Studies to demonstrate
Relationship between Addiction and Sexual
Assault & Harassment
• Offer ByStander Tips and Strategies

8. Objectives
Explore Sexual Assault & Harassment on
College Campus
Explore Sexual Assault at Home
Explore Sexual Assault at the Workplace
Explore Sexual Assault in the Military

9. Objectives
UnRavel
• Demonstrate Thru Case
Studies how Addiction,
Trauma and Sexual
Assault are Knitted
together
• Introduce CIS- A Strength
Based Approach to Help
Folks Rise Strong

10. Sexual Assault &
Harassment• Sexual Assault- A Sexual Act
That Someone Was Forced To
Do Against Their Will and
Without Their Consent
• Sexual Harassment - Verbal
Harassment (sexually explicit
talk, homophobic slurs, repeated
requests for dates after
someone has said no. Cyber.
sexual harassment, physically
aggressive (flashing or indecent
exposure, being physically
followed or toucher pr brushed
up against in a sexual way
without consent -

14. David’s Story
• Family Hx of Addiction &
Mental Health
• Abuse- Verbal- Bullying-
Harassment
• Disordered Eating
• Alcohol and Other Drug
Addiction
• Resiliency

15. Red Zone
• August thru November on
College Campuses
• 1 in 4 to 1 in 5 women
• 1in 14 to 16 in men
• Women first two years of
college
• Friday and Sat. most common
days
• Sept. and Oct. most
commonly reported months

17. Sally - 30 years old
Bullying - Sexual Assault-Alcohol -FTL

18. The WorkPlace

19. Tom 54 Years old
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Alcoholism
• Gay - Married Gentleman
• Unemployed Executive
• Family History -
Depression

21. Sexual Assault
Military

24. Sexual Harassment and Assault Pose A
Significant Problem in the US, especially
for Women• 81 % of women and 43% of
men reported experiencing
some form of sexual
harassment or assault during
their lifetime
• More then 3 in 4 women
(77%) and 1 in 3 men (34%)
experienced verbal sexual
harassment
• 1 in 2 women (51% ) and 1
in 6 men (17%) were
sexually touched in an
unwelcome way

25. Key Findings
• Cyber Sexual Harassment-(41%
)or 1 in 10 women & 1-4 (22%)
of men
• More then 1 in 3 women (34%)
and 1 in 10 men (12%) were
Physically Followed
• Close to 1 in 3 women (30%)
and 1 in 10 men (12%) faced
Unwanted Genital Flashing
• More then 1 in4 women (27%)
and 1in 14 men (7%) Survived
Sexual Assault

26. Women With Disabilities
• There are about 27
million women in the US
that have disabilities.
More the 50 % of women
over age 65 are living
with disabilities (Arthritis
or Rheumatism)
• Disabilities can be seen
and unseen to the naked
eye

27. 40% reported experiencing sexual assault compared
with 23 % who did not have Disability

28. Multiple Public Spaces 88%
86% multiple location

29. Women Report
• 66 % at a public space
• 38% at their workplace
• 35% at their Residence

30. Men Report
• Public Space 19%
• School 14%
• Workplace 13%
• Own Residence 13%
• Phone or Text-13%

32. 48 Percent of Lesbian or Bisexual Women compared
to 25% of straight women reported sexual assault

33. Men
• Hispanic Men
• Men with Disabilities
• Men living below poverty
line
• Gay and Bisexual Men
• Men in Rural Areas

34. 88% of Harassed women & 86% of harassed men
reported facing experiences in more then 1 location -
report 4-5

36. •Direct
•Disrupt
•Don’t Act Alone
•Confront The Harasser
•Set Up The Expectation to
Speak up and Step in
•Understand How your
Privilege Positions Allow
You to Speak Up

37. • Focus on the Needs and
Experience of The Target
and Ensure they receive
the Support They need
• Let Them Know they Did
Not Do anything Wrong-
ItWas Not Their Fault
• Take Action On Line-Be
Proactive

39. Resources
• Stanger, Louise (2018) The
Definitive Guide To
Addiction Intervention-A
Collective Strategy NY.
Rutledge (Available on
Amazon or on Ruthledge)
• Stanger, Louise,
http://www.allaboutintervent
ions.com

40. Resources
• The Facts Behind the # Me Too
http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/wp-
content/uploads/2018/01/Full-Report-2018-
National-Study-on-Sexual-Harassment-and-
Assault.pdf
• The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/upshot/p
ervasive-sexual-harassment-why-me-too-
took-off-poll.html

41. Resources
• ByStander Intervention Tips
https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/public
ations_nsvrc_tip-sheet_bystander-
intervention-tips-and-strategies_1.pdf
• Newsweek (2-2-
18)https://www.newsweek.com/after-metoo-
study-finds-nearly-all-women-and-almost-half-
men-us-have-815660

42. Falling Up
A Memoir of Renewal
Available on Amazon

43. Resources
• NPR : The Sexual Assault Epidemic No One Talks About
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/08/570224090/the-sexual-assault-
epidemic-no-one-talks-about
• CNN- From Fellow Solider to ‘monster’ In Uniform:
METOO https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/politics/us-military-
sexual-assault-investigations/index.html
• Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment in the Military.
Psychological Health Center of Excellence
http://www.pdhealth.mil/clinical-guidance/sexual-assaultsexual-
harassment

44. ID is: #1907488

45. ResOurces
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
2018
• The Department of Defense - Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response Office
http://www.sapr.mil/index.php/reports