On the afternoon of April 24, the Talkshow Prevention of sexual harassment for "butterFLY" students of the Union of Students of the Faculty of Sociology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM was held at the 3rd floor Hall, Student Culture House - Urban area VNU-HCM. Talkshow attracted more than 500 students from different schools to attend.
The speakers took a commemorative photo with the organizers and the participating students
Talkshow had the participation of three speakers: Psychologist Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh - Working at Saigon Psychology Department (Saigon Psychub); Dr. Pham Hong Gia Nguyen - Doctor of Internal Medicine at the Department of General Internal Medicine, Saigon South International General Hospital; Dr. Le Anh Vu - Lecturer in social work at Thu Dau Mot University; Special Guest Dr. Khuat Thu Hong - Director of the Institute for Social Development Research, PhD in psychology, research expert on gender, sexuality, sexual health and HIV/AIDS. On the faculty side, there was the attendance of MSc. Pham Thi Thuy Trang - Vice Dean of the Faculty of Sociology; representatives of the Faculty of Sociology and the Union - Association of Faculties. On the sponsor side, there was the presence of Mr. Nguyen Hung Anh Nha - Deputy Director of Louis Digital, the representative of the unit coordinating the implementation of the Student Cultural House and more than 500 students interested in the issue. this.
MSc. Pham Thi Thuy Trang and Mr. Tran To Trang - Head of the BTC Talkshow gave thank you letters from the Faculty of Science and flowers to the three speakers.
Talkshow wishes to raise awareness for students about sexual harassment prevention. At the same time, creating a close space for students to easily share stories and personal views. Through the experience and knowledge of veteran speakers, it will help to deal with psychological difficulties as well as how to respond if you encounter cases of sexual harassment.
The program is divided into 4 parts according to the names of four butterfly species: Hedylidae, Atala, Swallowtails, Monarch according to each butterfly's characteristics, representing the four stages of changing emotional processes, knowledge learned in Talkshow. Through two sociological perspectives, the Psychology of Sexual Harassment helps students have a better overview of the issue of sexual harassment.
The students were excited to listen to the speaker's sharing
Currently, the problem of sexual harassment is at an alarming state, but when the victims stand up and dare to denounce, they become the guilty, battered, blamed with baseless judgments. from the people around, but most of all from the family. With the message "Stop blaming, stop prejudice. We can all be victims of sexual harassment.”, Dr. Le Anh Vu - Lecturer of Social Work at Thu Dau Mot University emphasized that the right to dress is in each of them, completely perverts will not exclude anyone. For example, in Belgium, an exhibition of the costumes of rape victims is opened to prove that dressing is not the cause of women being raped.
Doctor Pham Hong Gia Nguyen - Doctor of Internal Medicine at the Department of General Internal Medicine of Saigon South International General Hospital shared that: “Each of us should always be proactive in every situation, always ready and equipped for ourselves. knowledge and understanding of this issue. You can imagine and practice in front of the mirror, practice shouting, dialing 113…”.
For some personal reasons, the special guest Dr. Khuat Thu Hong - Director of the Institute for Social Development Research, PhD in psychology, research specialist in gender, sexuality, sexual health and HIV/AIDS could not appear in today's talkshow, However, the organizers contacted and interviewed the guests via online form. With many years of experience in the field of gender and sexuality, sociological perspective, multi-dimensional perspective from Psychology, Dr. Khuat Thu Hong said that the absence of a legal framework makes it difficult for us to perceive this issue, and it is also difficult for legal authorities to handle cases related to sexual harassment. “No matter how we dress that day, no matter what we do that day is no reason for us to be sexually harassed. We need to confirm that the abuser is the bad guy" - Dr. Khuat Thu Hong shared
Dr. Khuat Thu Hong emphasized that victims always need sympathy from everyone because what they have been through are really difficult days. - Screenshots
The SO.ART Arts Club brought a skit "On the silence" leaving many thoughts for the students
The students asked the speakers questions.
At the end of Monarch: The Butterfly King, victims of sexual harassment appeared on the show anonymously. The strong victims overcoming barriers to speaking out means a lot to the show. Thereby enhancing the message Talkshow butterFLY: “The issue of sexual harassment is not a new issue but has never ceased to be hot.
