DOD Video Tells Servicemen Who Witness Violent Attacks To Use 'Humor' And 'Dialogue'

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March 19, 2013



By Stephen Gutowski

In a video released on its official Youtube account, originally brought to light by David Stein, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, which is part of the Department of Defense, recommends that bystanders to violent attacks "carefully use humor" to stop them.

The video, which also features a bizarre stylized reenactment of the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine Genovese, was published on February 22, 2013. It is meant to be a "Bystander Intervention Training Video" for military members.

While the training video addresses many different situations where bystander intervention is necessary the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine Genovese is the main example. The nine strategies specifically identified in the video are, therefore, meant to be used even in cases of rape and murder. And those nine strategies, like the recommendations from UCCS that women vomit to avoid rape, are likely to shock many.
The nine strategies that DEOMI recommends bystanders to rape and murder use in order to stop the attack are as follows:

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DOD Video Tells Servicemen Who Witness Violent Attacks To Use 'Humor' And 'Dialogue' To Help Victims | CNS News
 

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