John Grant, Christina Santiago, MBA, Abigail Adams, PhD, and Mary Beth Grant, JD, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Violence targeting women, people with disabilities and
LGBTQ communities is common at universities.
The presenters discuss how culture’s tropes surrounding “ideal body”
simultaneously create and perpetuate rhetorical constructs, which may lead to
discrimination, harassment, sexual violence, homophobia, and heteronormativity
as symbolic violence. These hostile acts
have serious consequences for victims as they study or work in educational
institutions.