Exploring Sexual Violence Prevention Within Latine Communities: Integration of Familismo,Community,and Shifting Gender Norms

Abstract

Most sexual violence prevention programs on college campuses apply a monolithic approach to addressing sexual violence among highly varied student populations. The current study explores ways prevention programs can be tailored to the unique needs of marginalized communities, namely the Latine community. Utilizing a Chicana feminist framework and focus group methodology, findings suggest that sexual violence prevention programs would benefit from centering familismo, collective prevention, and balancing generational shifts around gender and sexuality into programming on sexual violence prevention for Latine students to better address the unique experiences and intersecting identities within diverse communities.

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sexual violence prevention marginalized populations

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