Welcome to Ruthe Boyea Women's Center

The Ruthe Boyea Women's Center offers a variety of programs for the CCSU community. Programs are conducted by trained peer-educators from the Women's Center. They can provide informative and innovative workshops on a variety of topics relevant to your class, organization or group. They facilitate workshops to inform peers on the issues that are relevant to campus. The workshops utilize a variety of films, slides, and group activities. After each workshop, they conduct a voluntary survey to compile annual statistics on sexual assault, sexual harassment and dating violence incidents. To request a workshop, please decide what type of workshop you want and call the Women's Center @ 832-1655. Please have the following information ready: date, time, location, # of attendees.

Question of Consent: When Does a Date Become Rape? It has been estimated that 1 in 4 college women will experience sexual assault or attempted sexual assault during their college years. Through the use of date rape scenarios and audience participation, this program seeks to clearly define rape, expose many of the myths and facts surrounding rape, and identify resources and support services available. *1 hour duration * Courtesy of University of Connecticut Women's Center Stil.

l Killing Us Softly: Advertising Issues The focus of this workshop is on media images and women. The workshop will specifically address advertising, and how advertising affects us individually and collectively we view ourselves and all women. The workshop focuses primarily on women because it is women who are exploited as objects of beauty and used to sell products to both men and women(i.e. autos, beer, cosmetics - you name it) *1 hr 15 min duration * Please provide TV/VCR.

Heart on a Chain: The Relationship Violence Utilizing the insightful video, "Heart on a Chain", this workshop will examine the complex issues of dating and relationship violence. By engaging students in group activities, this program will define various types of relationship violence, explore the causes of such violence, and identify resources and support services. * 1 hr 1 5 min duration * Please provide TV/VCR.

How to be a Better Lover: Men, Women, and the Communication Gap In this provocative workshop, students will test their sexual assertiveness, examine issues of their personal sexuality and sexual decision making, and study the relationship between sex and communication. Sex role stereotyping and gender role issues are also discussed * 1 hr 15 min duration for coed audience only * Courtesy of University of Connecticut Women's Center.

Saturday Night Hookup "I met her at the bar...we drank some more and I grew confident that I was not going home tonight." This workshop examines the confessions of what happened after a man took a woman back to his apartment. Through an interactive exercise, students will be encouraged to explore how his views about women, drinking, and sex turned a Saturday night seduction into sexual assault. * 1 hr duration.

Men and Acquaintance Rape This workshop addresses the lack of male understanding of sexual assault. The program seeks to help men address the issue of sexual assault, and how society perpetuates violence against women. The issue of consent will be addressed and how men can make a difference in ending sexual assault. * 1 hr duration Sexual Assault and Alcohol This workshop addresses the issue of alcohol and acquaintance rape * 1 hr duration.

Women's Center Programs The Ruthe Boyea Women's Center offers a variety of programs for the CCSU community. Programs are conducted by trained peer-educators from the Women's Center. They can provide informative and innovative workshops on a variety of topics relevant to your class, organization or group. They facilitate workshops to inform peers on the issues that are relevant to campus. The workshops utilize a variety of films, slides, and group activities. After each workshop, they conduct a voluntary survey to compile annual statistics on sexual assault, sexual harassment and dating violence incidents. To request a workshop, please decide what type of workshop you want and call the Women's Center @ 832-1655.