About Joshua
Joshua Phillips has been actively advocating against sexual violence since 2003 when he joined Sexual Aggression Peer Advocates at Central Michigan University. Since then he has had the privilege of presenting countless programs on his campus and throughout the United States.
Because he situates sexual violence as a cultural issue, his education philosophy is that we must be actively against sexual violence instead of passively for it.
1,800 Miles:Striving to End Sexual Violence One Step at a Time
Sexual violence is a cultural issue that affects millions of people and the violence will not stop if we continually choose to collectively ignore it. Three college friends understood this concept and decided to do something more proactive. So with few resources and minimal funding, they headed to Miami in the summer of 2008 to begin a walk that would take them all the way to Boston in an effort to raise awareness about sexual violence.
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Check out my 30 minute interview with Rachel Griffin on gender violence and pop culture. We discuss Eminem, Rihanna, Lil’Wayne, Ludacris, Sugar Land and more.
Have a great new year!
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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I wanted to highlight this article in an effort to be fair and transparent about news coverage. Now, just because a case is dismissed or overruled does not mean that a crime did not happen. And just because a woman changes her story doesn’t mean that she’s lying – it might just mean that the details fuzzy. Seriously, how many of us can remember the details of our day to day lives, let alone the exact details of a horrifying event. However, issues perjury also raise lots of questions about the validity of the claim. I do not know the details of this situation because I wasn’t there (just like the rest of those with public opinions), but I do know that false report rates for sexual assault are between 4-6% (the same rate as any other violent crime). So, if this is a case of false reporting, please be mindful that this is the exception; not the rule. And please be mindful that it also may be a case of a woman who was trying to sort through the details of a tragic event and details got confusing the more she had to relive the tragic event in question.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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An actor from the Austin Powers movies just received a life sentence for his role in the gang rape of woman. The details of events like this are hard to read, but we have to keep these conversations going. It’s important to keep reminding people that sexual assault happens every day and it will not stop until more people speak out about it.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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I love this perspective! Please check out this very insightful, yet all to obvious, article. Too often we put all the burden on women to protect themselves. However, if we could just get men to stop assaulting women, we’d have a much better chance at ending sexual violence.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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Here’s an article about the new ways churches are talking about porn from the pulpit. Once a taboo subject in church, current media trends make porn discussions unavoidable. Like my previous post on porn, my stance is “porn exist so we might as well find intelligent ways to talk about it.”
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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Here is a rather sickening story. A pediatrician gets 14 life sentences for sexually assaulting children and he plans to appeal. Not because he is contesting the charges, but because he is claiming that the tapes that recorded the assaults were illegally seized.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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It seems as if the whole Eddie Long case got swept under the rug fairly quickly and most people forgot about it. Well, here’s an update that I encourage everyone to read. Those who accused Long of sexual assault are speaking out against him even though a gag order was put in place during the financial settlement. To them, the truth is more important than money.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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So, the DSK charges were dropped last week and I wanted to bring attention to an article I read about the subject. The short version is this: “just because there was no proof to move the case forward, doesn’t mean that a crime didn’t occur.” Please spread the word: “just because there wasn’t a trial doesn’t mean the woman was lying about it.”
Thoughts?
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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You may remember this case from almost year ago. Cleveland police went to investigate a sexual assault and ending up finding several dead bodies in Anthony Sowell’s home. Well, sentencing has finally happened. He will receive the death penalty.
These types of crime can be prevented, but it is up to us to get involved.
We must be actively against all forms of violence. Please get involved in your community to help end men’s violence against women, children, and other men.
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
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There are new conversations happening about the need for men’s studies and male studies. Here is what one of the proponents says,
“‘I am concerned that male-averse attitudes are widespread in the United States and that masculinity is becoming politically incorrect,’ said Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men.”
Thoughts?
Joshua Daniel Phillips
PhD Student, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Author, 1,800 Miles: Striving to End Sexual Violence, One Step at a Time
