Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Women Who Have Been Sexually Assaulted on College Campuses
Demographics
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One in five women in college experiences sexual assault (Women's Health, 2018)
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Women ages 18-24 are at elevated risk and typically between these ages as they go through college (RAINN, 2019a)
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Highest risk of assault in the first few months of the first and second semester in college (RAINN, 2019a)
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Women identifying as lesbian, bisexual, or gay are more likely to be assaulted compared to heterosexual women (Women's Health, 2018)
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62% are drug facilitated (INVW,2019)
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Key Terms
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Sexual assault: Sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent from the victim (RAINN, 2019b)
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A psychiatric disorder that occurs after an individual experiences or witnesses a traumatic event (American Psychiatry Association, 2019)
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Consent: An agreement between participants to engage in sexual activity (RAINN, 2019c)
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Survivor: term that is commonly used to describe an individual who has been rapped or sexually assaulted. (SUU, 2019)
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Bystander: an individual who is present but does not take part in a certain situation (Merriam-Webster, 2019)
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Bystander Intervention: providing community members with the proper education and tools needed to help individuals feel more prepared to interrupt or stop a situation that they feel could be led to sexual assault or violence (SUU, 2019)
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Title IX: See Image Below
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9 Things to Know About Title IX (n.d). Retrieved from http://knowyourix.org/title-ix/title-ix-in-detail/