BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8c08528a-5de1-4fea-80c6-91382793730a.208089@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T155214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T155214Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Victim Blaming: Where is the Voice? DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nVictim blaming is all too common in American socie ty and is a symptom of a culture where personal responsibility is often l acking. From family abuse\, to rape\, to acid attacks on women as punishm ent for perceived wrongs\, the practice of victim blaming is present in t he U.S. Victims are told to change their behavior to avoid being assaulte d. Women are told to dress less provocatively\, drink less alcohol and av oid putting themselves in risky situations. How can we provide the power of voice for these victims? How can community norms and state justice sys tems change to hear the voices of children and adult victims? To what ext ent do mainstream media outlets perpetuate the culture of victim blaming\ , and how can we bring awareness to abusive behavior that is too often tr ivialized? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Victim blaming is all too common in American society and is a symptom of a culture where personal responsibility is of ten lacking. From family abuse\, to rape\, to acid attacks on women as pu nishment for perceived wrongs\, the practice of victim blaming is present in the U.S. Victims are told to change their behavior to avoid being ass aulted. Women are told to dress less provocatively\, drink less alcohol a nd avoid putting themselves in risky situations. How can we provide the p ower of voice for these victims? How can community norms and state justic e systems change to hear the voices of children and adult victims? To wha t extent do mainstream media outlets perpetuate the culture of victim bla ming\, and how can we bring awareness to abusive behavior that is too oft en trivialized?</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T090500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T095500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR