Quotes by Danielle Currier

“When they look across the room and see that three-quarters of the people there have their hands up, its like, Wow, I had no idea.”

“What is important in talking about the culture of violence against women is that it is hard to talk about it - because a lot of people want to pretend that it doesnt happen, and that particularly in colleges, where you have very close social networks, its something, if a woman is raped or sexually assaulted, shes not going to want to talk about it, because its going to affect her friendship network. And the guy who does it might be in one of her classes - or be the friend of a friend.”

“I want to emphasize that its not that these men are what we call rape-prone. Its that theyre in a rape-prone environment. I think thats an important distinction. Fraternity men and athletes are no more likely as individuals to rape somebody - but there are a few characteristics of both fraternities and sports teams that speak to this issue.”

“I think thats where the problem starts - is that we have put the onus on women to protect themselves instead of teaching men and boys that this is inappropriate behavior. If you focus only on the women, then youre doing what is called victim-blaming - and saying, somehow its your fault that you got raped, and you need to prevent it.”

“Men are the ones responsible for changing the environment. Theyre the ones who have to say, OK, Im not going to force a woman to have sex. Im not going to engage in this behavior. We need to change mens attitudes about how they treat women - even more than we need to teach women how to protect themselves.”