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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | October 18, 2017 | Volume 108 | Issue 49
Taking Back The Night: Students share their abusive relationship stories
Bailey Frisco |Staff Writer Dana Good held a handmade sign above her head that read âIâm not ovary-actingâ as she marched through the streets of Oakland Tuesday night. More Pitt students walked alongside her, waving posters saying âreclaim the streetsâ and âI march for those who canât,â while being escorted by Pitt Police. âWhatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no,â the marchers chanted. Good â a junior French and communications major â was participating in Take Back the Night, an annual international
Students march through the streets of Oakland Tuesday during Take Back the Night. Issi Glatts | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER rally held to promote awareness about sexual harassment, abuse and assault. The rally â hosted at Pitt by the Campus Womenâs Organization â kicked off in the William Pitt Union and included demonstrations, discussions and a parade through Oakland. Good said she came to the event to support survivors of sexual assault and promote discussion about it. âA lot of the time, there are misunderstandings or people are reluctant to listen to you because youâre emotional about something,â Good said. âI think that if people just sit down and start having discussions about
it on a regular basis, itâll hopefully enact some change.â The club has hosted Take Back the Night since the early 1990s, according to CWO President Megan Heintz. âWe take back the night, and have this event, because no one should feel unsafe walking home alone at night,â Heintz said. âRegardless of gender or who you are, you should be able to feel safe at night.â The march began outside of the union, wound through Oakland for about half an hour and returned to the union front entrance. Afterward, CWO served pizza and
refreshments in the assembly room. Two Pitt peer educators then held a bystander training event, walking the audience through potential scenarios of sexual harassment and assault and instructing them on how best to intervene. Leading up to the event, several women shared their stories of abusive relationships with The Pitt News. At the request of the sources, their names have been changed for safety and anonymity. Jane â a senior psychology major â said every relationship she has ever been in See Stories on page 2