“Fear of Rape” will get audiences talking about gender roles, safety issues, sexual harassment, provocation – and possibly even the way women dress. Through her critically acclaimed film “War Zone”, her humor and personal experience, Maggie Hadleigh-West immerses her audiences in tumultuous discussions about the looks, “compliments,” and judgments that women face everyday from men in public. She stirs up her audience by dispelling the “mating myths” of girl watchers and cat callers and links this seemingly benign behavior to the threat of sexual assault that many women feel on a regular basis.

In “War Zone”, Hadleigh-West turns her camera on men in the same way they turn their aggression on her. In order to capture this explosive footage in the film, she put herself in very real danger by daring to confront the men who engaged her in a sexual way. In “Fear of Rape” Hadleigh-West shows a 30-minute version of “War Zone” and leads a provocative discussion about how harassment impacts women’s experiences, what they can do to address the problem, and why it’s so important relative to sexual assault and rape---particularly on college campuses.

Be prepared for a shocking look at sexual assault statistics in the host audience, a heated debate about what constitutes harassment and sexual assault, the realities of sexual violence, and what we can all do to create a safer environment for everyone.

Hadleigh-West is an Alpha Omicron Pi Alumna.