How Schools can End Gendered Violence | Liz Meyer | CU Boulder's Ed Talks

How Schools can End Gendered Violence
Liz Meyer (she, her, hers)
Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice
This talk will ask listeners to reflect on what they learned about gender and sexuality in school. Issues such as bullying, anti-gay jokes, and sexual harassment are linked to intimate partner violence, gay-bashing, and murders of trans women. These are all forms of gendered violence. This talk argues that in order to reduce gendered violence, educators must be able to teach about gender and sexual diversity in K-12 schools. As such, we need policymakers and leaders with courage to build more inclusive cultures at school.
Video recorded for the 2022 CU Boulder’s Ed Talks. Ed Talks is a series of short, engaging talks centering educators’ experiences. Inspired by TED Talks, Ed Talks address some of today’s most pressing issues in education. Learn more at colorado.edu/education/edtalks.
Ed Talks were filmed in CU Boulder’s Acting Studio by Tom Parkin (www.coloradohealthmatters.com).