sault among teens with peer-to-

peer education and guidance.

Keyvanfar shares informa-

tional presentations at month-

ly club meetings, open to all

Pali students, about how to

shift school culture by rais-

ing awareness about sexual

violence. She credits the UN

Women study with increasing

engagement at her meetings.

“Sexual violence has be-

come so widespread and triv-

ialized,” Keyanfar said. “It

wasn’t a popular topic before,

but ever since people started

to learn about the statistic that

97 percent of women that are

affected by sexual violence...

it made people have an urge

to come [to the meetings].”

As the buzz surrounding

the 97 percent statistic inevi-

tably fades, Keyanfar hopes to

keep the conversation about

sexual harassment alive and en-

courages others to do the same.

“There are so many clubs on

campus that deal with issues like

sexual harassment,” she said.

“It is important to familiarize

ourselves with these topics and

internalize what you can do.”

The Gender Equity

Alliance and Sexual Ha-

rassment and Rape Ed-

ucation club are among

those tackling these issues.

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‘SOCIAL MEDIA ‘SOCIAL MEDIA

IS JUST THE IS JUST THE

BARE MINIMUMBARE MINIMUM’’

Govindraj hopes that the

fight against sexual harass-

ment will extend beyond social

media posts and Instagram

comment section debates.

“Social media is just the

bare minimum,” she said.

More important than women

sharing horror stories, Gov-

indraj said, will be men hold-

ing each other accountable.

“Men especially should be

having these conversations

with male friends and not be-

ing afraid to call those close

to them out on what they are

doing to women,” Govindraj

advised. “This is a massive so-

cietal change that likely won’t

change monumentally in our

lifetimes, unfortunately, but

slow progress is still progress.”

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