Definitions
A person who witnesses a situation involving potential harm or inappropriate behavior.
What is a bystander?
Feeling unsure about what is happening is this barrier to intervention.
What is uncertainty of the situation?
A communication method using feelings, behavior, and a request.
What are “I” statements?
You should never do this while intervening.
What is use violence?
The bystander approach helps change these in communities.
What are social norms?
This approach encourages people to take action to prevent sexual violence in their community.
What is the bystander approach?
When people are less likely to act because others are present.
What is diffusion of responsibility?
A nonverbal way to show disapproval.
What is a silent stare?
This should be your priority when intervening.
What is personal safety?
Sexual violence affects not just victims, but also these groups.
What are friends, family, and professionals?
This concept describes how harmful behaviors exist along a range, not just one event.
What is the continuum of behaviors?
Fear of making someone upset or escalating violence is an example of this.
What is fear of consequences?
This strategy uses light humor to reduce tension.
What is humor?
If a situation becomes dangerous, call this emergency number.
What is 911?
Speaking up against offensive jokes helps promote this.
What is respect?
The idea that responsibility shifts from victims to the whole community.
What is shared responsibility?
This factor includes how dangerous or urgent the situation seems.
What is perceived level of urgency
Interrupting a situation to shift attention and help someone leave.
What is distraction?
You should approach others in this way when intervening.
What is as a friend (non-antagonistic)?
This benefit reduces blaming victims
What is discouraging victim blaming?
This term describes people choosing to do nothing in a harmful situation.
What is a passive bystander?
A bystander’s relationship to the victim influences this.
What is likelihood to intervene?
Intervening with others for safety and strength in numbers.
What is group intervention?
This action involves asking someone if they are okay when they seem in trouble.
What is checking in with the victim?
The ultimate choice in bystander situations is between being active or this.
What is passive?