Walk a Mile In Her Shoes

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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: Men’s March Against Domestic Violence On average, there are 207,754 victims of rape and sexual assault each year in the U.S. This translates to approximately one victim every two minutes. While the instances of rape and sexual assault have generally been on the decline since the early 2000s, it still remains an issue in the U.S., especially in regards to women’s equality. Nearly one in six women are sexually assaulted in the U.S. each year, most of whom are 18 to 24 years old, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In response to the prevalence of sexual violence in the U.S., Frank Baird created what is now the national movement, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence, in 2001. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes gathers men in communities around the nation and world to walk for one mile in high-heeled shoes to protest sexual violence against women and to raise funds for rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters, according to the organization’s website. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes was hosted on Temple’s University main campus on March 22, 2012. Prior to the event, there were 19 instances of reported forcible rape on Main Campus and in non-campus, public area and on-campus student housing areas between 2008 and 2010, according to Campus Safety Services. Kate Schaffer, program coordinator for alcohol and other drugs, interpersonal violence and mental health in the Health Education and Awareness Resource Team, has been instrumental in organizing the event. “We’ve been working collaboratively with a whole bunch of departments in and outside the division of student affairs,” Shaffer said. Some of these departments include Tuttleman Counseling Services, CSS, the Office of Student Conduct and the Office of Compliance and Student Services in Athletics, as well as
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