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Survey on Callout Culture

1.Public callouts are necessary.
2.Public callouts are an effective strategy for holding others accountable.
3.Privately engaging in a conversation with individuals you know who have been called out is necessary.
4.Public callouts increase the safety of my community.
5.Public callouts are an appropriate response to racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise harmful behavior.
6.Have you ever been called out publicly ?
7.Have you ever called someone else out publicly?
8.Has someone you know ever been called out publicly?
9.Has someone you know ever called someone else out publicly?
10.In the past year have you or someone you know made post regarding someone else's behavior on a digital platform?
11.Did you speak to the individual before the public callout?
12.Did you speak with the called out individual after the callout?
13.Did you or a friend attempt to engage in any form of reconciliation with the called out individual?

(Reconciliation can mean any of the following: making amends, accepting a public or private apology, engaging in a conversation aimed at coming to terms with their harmful behavior).
14.Did the called out individual leave your social circle?
15.Did the called out individual acknowledge the callout in a public way?
16.Do you believe the callout inspired authentic change in the individual that caused harm?
17.Do you believe you are safer since the callout in question?
18.Do you believe your community or social circle is safer since the individual was called out?
19.Do you believe the called out individual is still engaging in the same or similar harmful behavior?
20.Would you call out another individual if the circumstances were the same as your past experiences?
21.Did the called out individual hold themselves accountable?
22.Did the called out individual make a public apology?
23.Did the called out individual enroll in a program aimed at confronting or correcting patterns of harmful behavior?

Programs may include (but are not limited to): Talk therapy, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, anger management, etc.