As November swiftly passes, many students may be counting the days to Thanksgiving break. However, Thanksgiving marks not only the closing semester, but also the end of the “red zone”: when risk of sexual assault on a college campus is the highest.
According to USAtoday, half of college sexual assaults take place between the beginning of the school year to November.
College women from age to 18 to 24 are three times more like to experience sexual violence.
So, as November begins, do the women on Morningside College’s campus feel safe?
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A little goes a long way when it comes to respecting another person’s identity.
Using someone’s correct pronouns is a simple way to show respect. Yet, when it comes to the acceptance of singular “they”, people tend to express doubt.
Often, gripes about the use of they/them pronouns are rooted in grammar. However, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, one definition of “they” is, “Used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary.”
Another misconception about they/them pronouns is that they are a new trend.
They/them pronouns can’t be dismissed with a simple “kids these days.” According to the Guardian, the oldest use of singular “they” appears in 1375.
Above all, the most important thing is respect. Psychologist Brenda Crawford said, “It is an easy way to show respect to an individual by using their chosen name [and] their chosen pronouns. It takes hardly an effort to do that.”
So, if you find yourself questioning someone’s identity, ask yourself: Are your feelings of being “correct” more important than respect?
Today’s Science Snippet finds maze running lab rats may have some crabby competition. Researchers in Swansea, Wales have been testing shore crab’s ability to navigate mazes.
According to an article in the New York Times, shore crabs can learn how to finish mazes and remember the route without any assistance from the researchers.
The study, published in Biology Letters, found the crabs can remember the maze for about two weeks.
Researchers hope to use this discovery to see how the environment impacts crab behavior by building mazes in water that mimic future ocean conditions.
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The maze running crabs were returned to the ocean after the study.