Njengoba unyaka omusha wesikole uqala, kanjalo nesasasa lemidlalo yokuwa. Njengomsubathi nomlandeli wokuphila kwakhe konke, ngibheke ngabomvu ukuya emidlalweni nemidlalo, futhi njengothisha, ngiyawazi amandla okusubatha okufundisa izifundo ezibalulekile zempilo. Ngeshwa, abasubathi bethu abaningi kakhulu benza ukukhetha okuyingozi okungababeki njengezibonelo kubasubathi abasebasha kodwa njengothisha bokuziphatha okuyihlazo. Ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi kuphakathi kobugebengu obuvame ukwenziwa abasubathi.
Nasi isampula nje: NgoMeyi 2013, abasubathi abane baseMorehouse College baboshelwa ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi okukabili. Ngo-2012, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US wavula uphenyo eNyuvesi yase-Montana, waveza ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi okuyishumi nanye okubikwa ukuthi kwenziwa ngabasubathi abangabafundi esikhathini esiyizinyanga ezingu-18. Ngo-Agasti 2010, umfundi wesifazane wabika ngokunukubezwa ngokocansi umsubathi waseNotre Dame. Amaphoyisa enkampasi akenzanga lutho ngombiko wakhe amasonto amabili, ngesikhathi azibulala. Emhlabeni jikelele, u-Benedict noCrosset bathola ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi okukodwa kokuthathu okwenzeka emakhempasi kwenziwa abasubathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ababhali abafanayo bathola ukuthi abasubathi abangabafundi bahlukumeze ngokocansi izikhathi ezicishe zibe kasithupha kunozakwabo abakanye nabo.
Lapho izisulu zibika ukuhlaselwa ngabasubathi, ngokuvamile ziyakhishwa inyumbazane. Abadlali nabalandeli bavame ukuzama ukuphoqa izisulu ukuthi zihoxise. Ezinye izisulu azibiki izikhulu zezokuphepha zesikhungo, zikholelwa ukuthi akukho okuzokwenziwa. Ngenxa yokuthi izisulu azibiki njalo lobu bugebengu, izibalo zingase zingabonisi ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi njengenkinga enkulu ekhempasini ethile. Njengoprofesa, okungenani abafundi abathathu isemester ngayinye kusukela ngifundisa baye bangithululela isifuba ngokubhekana nokuzama noma ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kwangempela ekhempasini. Akubona bonke laba okusolakala ukuthi benziwa abasubathi, kodwa isamba esikhulu saba.
Ngo-2009 no-2010, i-Centre for Public Integrity kanye ne-NPR yenze ucwaningo lokuhlukumeza ngokocansi emakhempasini asekolishi futhi yathola ukuthi abenzi bobubi kwakungavamile ukuba baphendule, futhi uma benza, izijeziso zazincane. Ngokuphambene, izikhathi eziningi izisulu zishiya isikole okwesikhashana uma kungenjalo, ukuphila kwazo kuphazamiseke ngokuphelele. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, kufakwe isikhalazo sombuso ngokumelene ne-Swarthmore College, i-Occidental College, i-Wesleyan, i-Yale, i-Amherst kanye ne-University of North Carolina, ngokwephula Isihloko IX kanye noma Umthetho Ocacile, ogunyaza ukubikwa kwedatha yokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.
Ngokusobala, ukuguqula amasiko okudlwengula akhona phakathi kwamaqembu amaningi abasubathi ngeke kube lula. Ezikhathini eziningi, izinhlelo zekhempasi zokuvimbela ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi zibeka umthwalo woshintsho kulabo ababezoba izisulu, zitshele abesifazane ukuthi bangahambi bodwa, bangalokothi bamukele iziphuzo ezivela kumuntu abangamazi, bangagqoki ngendlela evusa inkanuko, njll. U-Jezebel ushicilele impendulo ebizwa ngokuthi โThe Student Umhlahlandlela Wabasubathi Wokungadlwenguli Noma Ubaniโ onikeza iziphakamiso ezibalulekile kubafundi basekolishi ngokujwayelekile futhi, okubalulekile, ukubeka umthwalo wemfanelo ephathini efanele. Itholakala ku http://jezebel.com/the-student-athletes-guide-to-not-raping-anyone-1177994230.
Amakolishi namanyuvesi kumele abone ubukhulu bale nkinga. NgoMashi 2013, iCongress yaphasisa umthetho we-Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SAVE), owengeza udlame phakathi kwabantu abathandanayo, udlame lwasekhaya kanye nokulandelana ohlwini lwamacala kumele amakhampasi abike, iveze ngokucacile isibopho esingokomthetho sekhampasi sokuphendula kanye nokuvimbela ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, futhi izikole ukuze zibuyekeze izinqubomgomo zazo, izinqubo, nezinhlelo zokuqeqesha. Lo mthetho ugcizelela ukuthi ukufundisa ngokuhlukumeza ngokocansi kanye nezinganekwane zokudlwengula ezikuzungezile kubaluleke kakhulu njenganoma yikuphi okunye okuqukethwe okukhulunywa ngakho emfundweni ephakeme.
U-Laura Finley, Ph.D., ufundisa eBarry University Department of Sociology & Criminology futhi uhlanganiswe ngu. PeaceVoice.
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