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“I was left alone in the dark, abandoned by my sisters yet again ...

I was a grown ass woman sobbing on the ground outside Neyland Stadium, and there was no one I felt like I could talk to.�

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FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT

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‘Sisterhood’ and sexual assault My mother holds very strong, negative opinions on Greek life, so I worked very hard to convince her this was a new generation for sororities. They had eradicated hazing. They worked extraordinarily hard to support their philanthropies, and when they said sisterhood, they meant it.

Sisterhood was something I had always dreamt of, and it was my biggest selling point when I sat my mother down and made my case for why I wanted to join a sorority.

On bid day, I thought this was the moment when everything would change for me, and technically, I was right –– but it wasn’t the sort of change I wanted.

“My brain was flooded with foggy memories as I obsessively watched the images before me over and over and over again.”

From there on out, I always felt slightly out of place amongst sisters, and I tried my hardest to gain their acceptance. I worked so hard to build relationships with my newfound family, and I eventually managed to make a few, genuine friends. But it was all downhill from there.

The moment everything truly changed was when I went to my first tailgate with a girl I thought I had created an authentic bond with.

At one point, she left me alone with a group of fraternity brothers. Watching her walk away is

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the last vivid memory I have of that day.

It wasn’t until after the weekend was over, when I was sent videos of myself half naked, that any of the memories began creeping back.

There was a pit in my stomach that grew with each passing moment as I began to realize what had happened. My brain was flooded with foggy memories as I obsessively watched the images before me over and over and over again. It took every fiber of my being not to scream right there in the middle of the library.

I didn’t know how to live my life anymore; everything I knew had been turned on its head.

Then, there was this brief momentary relief when I remembered, “Well, at least I have my sisters. They’ll help me get through this.”

The next time I walked into the sorority house, I felt like a shell of a person –– like the body I was inhabiting was no longer mine and mine alone. Glares followed me with each painful step through the house. Comments were made just loud enough to pierce my ears and send my head spinning yet again.

Trying to comprehend what had happened to me, while simultaneously attempting to understand this destructive animosity, crushed me in ways that are difficult to explain. I developed PTSD, and my anxiety culminated in a night I’ll never forget on Rocky Top. After a dress rehearsal for Lip Sync, I sat down to put my shoes on and everyone slowly left without acknowledging me. I was left alone in the dark, abandoned by my sisters yet again. It was something so small and insignificant, but suddenly I couldn’t breathe and my entire body seemed to shake uncontrollably, seizing and revolting against the images berating me and the thought it could all happen again and no one would ever notice or care. I was a grown ass woman sobbing on the ground outside Neyland Stadium, and there was no one I felt like I could talk to.

The institution I once believed was about building women up taught me what I experienced is invalid and how I feel is equally

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worthless. It didn’t matter how far up the food chain I went for support. The president of our chapter wouldn’t do anything –– she was just as disgusted by me. It didn’t truly begin to stick that this was not the organization I thought it was, though, until I was told I would need to meet with a panel of alumnae to explain why I had cast such shame on the sorority.

All I ever wanted was a family from this long-honored institution of sisterhood, and instead, I was deemed undesirable and ostracized. Instead of supporting me through my hardships, they found it necessary to not only distance themselves from the potential stain on their image but to discredit it entirely.

When we are asked to think about rape culture, we typically think of it within the legal system.

The name Brock Turner may come to mind or judges who believe lengthy sentences could impede on the life of a man or prosecutors who point to a victim’s short skirt as a justification for rape.

Less often, though, do our thoughts turn to how victim blaming and the disgraceful stigma surrounding sexual assault integrate into our daily interactions. This culture of degradation causes many survivors to retreat into themselves and distance themselves from the people they love. Overcoming trauma is a complex process, but the first step in healing is realizing what happened is not your fault and you cannot be held accountable for the appalling actions of others.

This is where a sisterhood could be exceptionally beneficial –– or entirely detrimental.

Sisterhood can, and should, provide the perfect environment for recovery –– not a premise for false promises and shattered hope for solidarity and support. Your sisters are supposed to be your most intimate friends. They should never be another source of your trauma.

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FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT continued from Page 2 Further, not only did my “sisterhood” lack support, but there were active attempts to tear down a survivor of sexual assault — something I consider to be the worst evil an individual can perpetuate.

Survivors already feel like a raw nerve after experiencing assault, but to be turned into the butt of the joke or condemned for their “actions” is cruel and unusual punishment at its best. The actions of my chapter members fed directly into the stigma that sexual assault is a woman’s fault and hers alone.

The current statistics for sexual assault on college campuses are undeniably alarming, but the potential number of sororities or sorority members who feel the need to cover-up, discredit or forgo the experiences of their sisters to save a reputation are even more staggering.

As we continue working to eradicate the problems within our legal system, we must also address the stigmas that exist outside the courtroom. Just the mere recognition of a problem is vital to creating change within the general community, and Greek organizations have the power to make a world of a difference in the lives of survivors.

As it stands, Greek life may cause more harm than good in circumstances of assault. But making sure members are educated thoroughly on sexual assault and are capable and prepared to provide a support group is all that’s required to save a survivor from an insurmountable situation.

Monday, February 20, 2017 • The Daily Beacon If these steps are taken to educate the Greek community, I believe many young women can benefit, and will, in turn, help the wider community combat this epidemic. Calls for sisterhood may have the potential to drown out the voices of the marginalized or create a trap door of false hope, but this cry is a plea to create the harmonious, unbreakable bond of support I believe sorority women had in mind when they first pledged.

“Survivors already feel like a raw nerve after experiencing assault, but to be turned into the butt of the joke or condemned for their ‘actions’ is cruel and unusual punishment at its best.”

In and out of the bounds of Greek life, sisterhood should be the tape, paste and staples that mend the cracks of our broken, fear-filled destinies as women.

It is love and understanding that have the ability to truly uplift those around us and repair the dilapidated societal norms in place for women.

This is an account from Keegan Julius is a sophomore in psychology. She can be reached at kjulius1@vols.utk.edu.

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On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines receive approximately 21,000 calls, approximately 15 calls every minute.

Approximately half of all forcible rapes reported to Tennessee law enforcement in 2014 were perpetrated by intimate partners.

Less than half of forcible rapes reported to law enforcement in Tennessee in 2014 were cleared (either resulted in an arrest or law enforcement had enough information for an arrest but circumstances prevented it).

• Courtesy of http://ncadv.org/files

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SHE THE PEOPLE Looking at women’s sexual health, justice in East TN Bradi Musil Editor-in-Chief

Megan Patterson Managing Editor

September 2016 marked the second time since the Civil War that a member of the Tennessee state legislature was expelled.

It marked the first time that an expulsion occurred due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

After a six-month investigation, former State Rep. Jeremy Durham was accused of sexual

“After passage of Amendment 1, women have become, in some respects, second-class citizens in this state.”

Corrine Rovetti, co-director of Knoxville Center for Reproductive

misconduct by 22 different women with offenses ranging from inappropriate comments and unsolicited touching to sexual relations with a 20-year-old in his legislative office and home.

In the same year, UT settled a multimillion dollar lawsuit accusing the university of fostering a hostile sexual environment for female employees, the passage of Amendment 1 –– which granted Tennessee legislators the right to create policy regarding abortion –– was protected in court and the U.S. elected a president who coined the phrase “Grab her by the p---y.”

A year prior, in 2015, Tennessee tied with Kentucky as the 49th worst state for women, according to a study by the Institute

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for Women’s Policy Research, judging on categories of political participation, poverty and opportunity, reproductive rights, health and well-being, employment and earnings and work and family.

All six “worst” states are in the south: Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee.

“Several of the Southern states are on that tipping point,” Corrine Rovetti, co-director of Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health, said, commenting on how she’s watched women’s reproductive healthcare deprioritized over the years.

“As we see for the demographics for the South –– we’re selling our souls. Our overall general health is down, our rates in terms of pregnancy and in terms of STIs and many issues, maternal mortality and morbidity rates, we sink far below the line.”

Staunchly situated in the core of the Bible belt, where abstinence-only education and stigmatized sexuality oftentimes take precedence, Tennessee is no exception.

In 2014, according to the Guttmacher Institute, 96 percent of counties in • Courtesy of Planned Parenthood, Guttmacher Institute and http://ncadv.org/f Tennessee had no clinics that provided aborconstitution regarding a person’s right to abor- pregnancy to term and deliver than there are tion services, while 63 percent of the state’s female population lived in those areas. And, in tion –– thus removing previous constitutional for women who choose to abort. protection.

With the passing of Amendment 1, Mills total, there were only 11 clinics statewide.

“Previous to Amendment 1 … women were said legislators largely advocated for reasonTory Mills, the external affairs manager at the Planned Parenthood of Middle and East seen as equal citizens with equal rights, and able policy aimed at guaranteeing the safety Tennessee, said access to quality reproductive that means equal rights to privacy and free- of women seeking abortion services. With a healthcare –– specifically care that includes dom to make their own decisions,” Rovetti republican majority in both the house and the abortion services –– is typically hard to find but said. “After passage of Amendment 1, women senate, however, Mills said she fears the goals have become, in some respects, second-class of policymakers may shift. can be even worse in some regions of the U.S. “I’m really curious now, with this election, “Especially in East Tennessee, there’s always citizens in this state.”

Before Amendment 1 passed, legislators if this is really going to embolden folks to start a shortage of providers,” Mills said. “You know, you get into some rural communities, especial- were essentially blocked from passing restric- trying to pass things we’ve seen in other states ly in counties outside of Knox County or the tions on abortion services; now, legislators that are getting struck down as unconstituTri-Cities areas, that often have a lack of provid- have the clearance to pass laws regarding abor- tional like six-week bans on abortion — most people don’t even know they’re pregnant at six ers, and/or lack of providers that take TennCare tion without interference.

“Up to this point,” Mills said, “legislators in weeks — or state-mandated ultrasound bills,” or are able to offer sliding scale services.”

Planned Parenthood’s ability to offer those our state have said, ‘We’re just going to pass Mills said.

“I’m curious how that is going to shift the types of discounted services is typically due minimal laws. We just want to make sure that to federal, Title X funding, Mills explained. abortion is really well regulated and all the tone of legislators here in Tennessee as we Planned Parenthood in Tennessee, however, facilities are practicing by medical guidelines,’ move forward.”

The most immediate threat to Planned hasn’t received such funding in nearly 10 years. which they were prior to that.”

Statistically, Mills explained, abortion is one Parenthood, in Mill’s opinion, is the possible Tennessee clinics are also subject to additional regulations placed on funding or services of the safest medical procedures a person can repeal of the Affordable Care Act, popularly provided after the passing of Amendment 1 in have, and there are far fewer complication known as Obamacare.

Mills said many Planned Parenthood clients 2014, which stripped language from the state rates than for people who choose to carry a

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“I was a 14, 15-year-old sitting in a classroom where they show you pictures of STIs, and they’re like, ‘Okay, sign this abstinence pledgecard so you can get a Chick-fil-A biscuit.’ That was truly the extent of my sexual education.”

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Mills said she attended public high school in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, and experienced firsthand the quality of sex education in Tennessee.

“I had horrible sex education,” Mills said. “I was a 14, 15-yearold sitting in a classroom where they show you pictures of STIs, and they’re like, ‘Okay, sign this abstinence pledgecard so you can get a Chick-fil-A biscuit.’ That was truly the extent of my sexual education, and that was in 2002.

Unfortunately, I don’t think a lot has changed.

“I think some things have actually gotten worse.”

In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranked Tennessee at 15th nationally in HIV diagnoses, 29th in primary and secondary syphilis diagnoses and 17th and 15th in chlamydia and gonorrhea infections.

“We have failed to give our young people basic accurate, scientific information about how to protect themselves,” Rovetti said, commenting on the state of sex education in Tennessee.

According to Advocates for Youth, researchers who have studied the long-term effects of sex education have found that teens who received a comprehensive approach to sex ed showed results of being less likely to experience pregnancy, more likely to delay sexual initiation, having decreased numbers of sexual partners and increased condom and contraceptive use.

“I truly believe that young people can make good decisions about their sexual health when they’re given the skills and the opportunity to have these conversations,” Mills said.

Recently, Mills said the conversations she has with the high school students in these sex education sessions have shifted as a result of

In the 4% of counties that provide services, there are only 11 clinics statewide.

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“People were scared.

I had friends and past students texting me like ‘Should I get an IUD now? Am I going to lose this free birth control coverage?”

Tory Mills, Planned Parenthood

have insurance through the Affordable Care Act, which allows them to get birth control without having to pay a copay and makes the preventative care free of charge.

“We saw a ten-fold increase in patients calling about IUDs, which are long-term birth control methods, in the weeks after the election,” Mills said. “People were scared. I had friends and past students texting me like ‘Should I get an IUD now? Am I going to lose this free birth control coverage?’”

Although primarily a healthcare provider, Planned Parenthood also advocates heavily for sexual education and provides programs for youth and adults that, according to their website, are “evidence-based, interactive and are customized to meet the age, ability and needs of the audience.” The programming is comprehensive and addresses puberty, healthy relationships, birth control methods, sexually transmitted infections and abstinence.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, in Tennessee, sexual education curriculum is not required until a county’s pregnancy rate exceeds 19.5 pregnancies per

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the 2016 presidential election.

Then-presidential candidate and current U.S. President Donald Trump stirred much controversy in 2016 after he made multiple derogatory comments against women, like questioning a sexual assault survivor’s experience because he found her unattractive, admitting to abusing his celebrity status to make unwanted sexual advances against women and calling women names like dogs or bimbos.

“One of my students said to me, ‘Tory, I am scared about the laws and the policies that are going to come down during this new administration, but I am even more scared about the things that I have already seen and the way that this has changed people in my high school –– the way that it has emboldened folks to say things to each other that I’ve never heard them say –– mean, unkind, racist, sexist things that I’m sure those people thought about before but never felt like they could say them out loud,” Mills said.

Kayla Parker, a senior in sociology who founded the group UT Students Who Stand –– a campus support group for survivors of sexual violence –– said she’s also watched rape culture strengthen increasingly over the past year.

“As of late, it’s become even more evident,” Parker said. “We just elected a man who’s a sexual predator, so ending rape culture on campus, and in general, seems to be a really high and hard mountain to climb.”

Parker founded UT Students Who Stand after experiencing a campus assault last year and being dissatisfied with the university’s resources.

“After I was assaulted, I felt really alone in the process,” Parker said. “UT had given me some resources, a couple things like UT Counseling and stuff like that, but UT Counseling does not work for everybody and it’s not one-size-fits-all.”

What did help Parker, however, was connecting with other survivors and hearing about their experiences healing and coping after an attack. She said she decided to post several flyers around the Humanities and Social Sciences building asking “Have you been sexually assaulted?” with pull-off tabs including her contact information.

See SHE THE PEOPLE on Page 8

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Fifty-four percent of Planned Parenthood health centers are in health professional shortage areas, rural or medically underserved areas.

Seventy-five percent of Planned Parenthood patients have incomes at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).

Approximately 60 percent of Planned Parenthood patients access care through the Medicaid program and/or the Title X family planning program. • Courtesy of Planned Parenthood

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“It’s great that people are reaching out, but it’s also concerning — the problem is prevalent on this campus,” Parker said.

Although the group is still relatively small, Parker said she can easily see it growing to crowds of up to 100 or more survivors –– just looking statistically at UT’s population size and campus assault data.

Public universities are federally required to quantify sexual misconduct on campus through the Jeanne Clery Act. Every year, universities like UT create an annual security report which records how many rapes, cases of harassment or stalking occurred on campus.

These security reports are frequently used to judge how “safe” a campus is or how good of a job a university does at protecting students from assault.

However, these reports can be highly misleading. Universities are only required to document cases of sexual violence that are reported through formal procedures, thus neglecting the bevy of experiences of students who do not report their assault to their university or campus law enforcement.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, roughly two out of three incidents of sexual violence go unreported, and out of college-aged women, only about 20 percent of female students report sexual assault.

So, while a low number of assaults documented in a university’s annual security report may comfort someone without knowledge of the complexities of sexual violence data, the reality is that campuses with a high number are likely doing a better job at creating an environment where survivors feel safe and empowered enough to report their experience.

Most universities want to keep those numbers low, however, knowing that most people will see a high number of assaults and incorrectly surmise that the campus is more unsafe than others. “(Administration’s) main concern was that they say, ‘We don’t have a rape culture on campus,’ and if we were to have a group of hundreds of people saying, ‘We were all sexually assaulted on campus,’ that would contradict what they’re saying,” Parker said.

“Universities like to say that rape is not a problem on campuses, which hides the problem and progresses the problem and continues the rape culture.”

Parker was clear that the group’s mission is far from attacking anyone, including UT administration. Her goal is to create a safe space on campus where survivors can discuss their experience and find support with other students also working through the healing process after an attack.

“Knowing that we have such a big problem and knowing that these survivors might not

be getting the help they need, there is no way I could know these things and not try to bring these people together and support them,” she said.

The challenge of combating sexual misconduct, however, extends far beyond college campuses.

State Sen. Richard Briggs said Durham’s 2016 expulsion brought to light the danger of sexual assault in the state government and prompted the production of a mandatory, informational video on sexual misconduct in the workplace.

“I think it shows the seriousness when finally everyone woke up to the fact, and there may very well have been a lot of denial ... I don’t think anyone really condoned it, but it just wasn’t all being taken seriously,” Briggs said.

“I don’t think anyone condoned that because I don’t see how you could.”

Although there was no mandatory training or video on sexual misconduct in the workplace before the Durham scandal, Briggs said the state is “taking a zero tolerance attitude toward it” now.

“A person should not be at work and be made to feel uncomfortable for any reason about comments that people make,” Briggs said. “You just shouldn’t have to put up with that when you come to work.”

While the Durham investigation was underway, UT faced similar accusations of leniency toward sexual misconduct during a Title IX lawsuit that was settled this summer. Briggs said he believes the issues coming to light in Tennessee are not merely a local problem but part of a larger pattern nationally.

“These are issues everywhere, and they’ve been issues a long time ... I think it’s one of those situations where people are saying, ‘We’ve had enough and we’re not taking it anymore,’ and I think they’re completely justified in doing it,” Briggs said.

Although some government officials and politicians have been perpetrators of sexual misconduct, Briggs said he believes public officials have an obligation to be part of the solution.

“We expect (politicians) to be models of the proper behavior, and that’s why (the American public) gives them those professions …”

Briggs said. “It’s the same thing with lawyers and teachers and professors; they have a lot of responsibility, but we expect more of them. I do think politicians are the same way. We need to behave properly or we can’t hold office.

“When people are put in a position where they have the public trust, we need to expect a very high standard.”

Rovetti shared Briggs’ expectation for politicians and said that recent political rhetoric has encouraged protesters outside of the abortion clinic where she works to become more verbally aggressive and hostile in their approach.

“We have some people in leadership positions right now who think that bullying and attacking individuals is the way to go,” Rovetti said. “And this gives other people permission to be outrageous, and I think as a result of that,

we are seeing an increase in hate crimes and an increase in incidences in abortion facilities around the country.”

The uptick in protests has led Rovetti to establish a volunteer escort service which provides women visiting the clinic with a companion to lead her from her car to the entrance.

While this may shield some women from increased trauma, it does not aid in dissolving the attitudes and stereotypes that perpetuate the trauma in the first place.

The Knoxville YMCA has recently begun developing programs aimed at preventing sexual violence, namely the GameChangers Initiative started in August 2015. A multipartner project, GameChangers uses a group mentoring structure, pairing two adult male mentors for every three to 10 middle-schoolaged boys.

These middle schoolers go through a semester-long curriculum educating them on rape culture and sexual violence. The first four weeks of the program focus on relationship building between the mentors and students before moving into knowledge building and education in the final 10 weeks.

“People ask us all the time, ‘Don’t you think middle school is too young?’” Jessica Williamson, the project coordinator of the program, said. “But one-in-four girls and students experience dating violence in high school, and a majority of youth who are working there have already experienced, seen it or experienced domestic violence in their homes or in their friend’s homes.”

The topics addressed by mentors include how to recognize domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking and how to use bystander intervention in those instances. In addition, mentors discuss things like gender stereotypes and consent and how they intersect with domestic violence and assault.

Williamson said the choice to make young men the target audience for GameChangers was deliberate, pointing out that engaging men in the conversation of sexual assault –– and particularly at preventing assault –– is the game-changing aspect.

“Women have been doing this work for decades,” she said. “We’ve been trying to stop domestic violence for years and years and years. But, we’re not, obviously. It’s still happening, and so we have to engage men and boys because the majority of violence perpetrated against women is by men.

“We are saying, ‘Hey, we want to view you as potential preventers and not view you as potential perpetrators.”

Despite the 2016 presidential election, the seemingly increasingly hostile environment toward women in the U.S. and staggering statistics about sexual health and violence, Williamson said the first step toward the betterment of a disparaging situation is education, and she remains optimistic about the work being done to protect and improve the lives of women in East Tennessee.

“We talk a lot about victim blaming; we talk a lot about rape culture,” Williamson said. “I

don’t think that those things are going away, but I think we’ve seen people who are ready to speak up.”

The day after Trump’s presidential inauguration, nearly 5 million men and women marched in 673 protests spanning all seven continents –– with several thousand marching in Knoxville alone –– to stand in support of women worldwide. Although the marches were inspired by the election of President Trump, participants emphasized that their mission was not to protest the election, but to uplift women and show support for women’s rights.

Mills said, ultimately, excellent women’s health care includes not only options for reproductive health but also encompasses the myriad of factors that affect a woman’s standard of living and experience.

“Reproductive justice looks at not only the right, if a person is pregnant, to have access to all of the options that work best for them,

“Women have been doing this work for decades ... It’s still happening, and so we have to engage men and boys because the majority of violence perpetrated against women is by men.

Jessica Williamson, project coordinator for GameChangers

but if you choose to parent, do you have the ability to raise children in healthy, safe environments?” Mills said, noting that the fight for women’s rights looks to benefit not just women but all marginalized groups. “Will you have access to clean water and enough food and good schools and that your kids aren’t going to be incarcerated or shot?”

Mills and Rovetti agreed those questions will only be answered when those most affected make their voices heard.

“We are dealing with some very misogynistic and controlling individuals who think that their way is the best and only way, and that they know what’s best for women,” Rovetti said. “And in a very patriarchal sense, they want to make those decisions for women.

“I don’t think we could ever go back, and we’ve got a huge fight ahead of us.”

Bradi Musil volunteers as an interviewer for the Planned Parenthood Tennessee Stories Project. She did not interview Tory Mills or produce the content regarding Planned Parenthood.