Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1

    • Welcome! Tell us a little bit about yourself.

    • Introducing ESD

    • Core Premises of Empowerment Self-Defense

    • Misbeliefs about Sexual Assault

    • Power Posing: TED Talk with Amy Cuddy

    • Uptalk vs Direct Speech

    • Filler Words vs Direct Speech

    • Module One Class Slides

    • Ready Stance

    • Fighting Ranges

    • Covering

    • Eye Slaps

    • Ear Slaps

  • 2

    Module 2

    • A Woman Who Walks Alone

    • Gender and the Body Language of Power » Sociological Images

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    • Spoken Word presentation (OTMBF)

    • Facts About Violence

    • Many women of color don't go to the police after sexual assault for a reason

    • Sexual Assault and Rape Culture Are LGBTQ Issues

    • Street Harassment

    • Tell Me There’s No Rape Culture

    • Rear Knees

    • Backwards Breakfall

    • Side Breakfall

    • Front Grabs
  • 3

    Module 3

    • Domestic and Sexual Violence and Communities of Color

    • Like a Broken Record

    • Behavioral Danger Cues for Sexual Assault

    • Why sexual violence is a social justice issue

    • Survival Signals - Gavin de Becker

    • de Becker's Intuition

    • de Becker's Criminal strategies

    • Beach Position

    • Beach Position Movement
  • 4

    Module 4

    • Declawing Catcalls

    • I-statements

    • Identifying Emotions

    • We Are The Lions (Spoken Cinema™)

    • 16 Creative and Safe Ways to Intervene to Stop Street Harassment

    • LGBT Students Face More Sexual Harassment And Assault, And More Trouble Reporting It

    • Three-Part Statements
  • 5

    Module 5

    • Module 5 Lecture / Physical Techniques / Additional Resources

    • Elevator Escape

    • success stories from Fight Back

    • _Don_t mess with the marching band girls_ - US news - Crime _ courts _ NBC News

    • two gutsy women

    • fighting back

    • Salem teen scares burglars off by shouting: 'Get out of my house'