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Many participants were concerned about the fact that their university SV/SA policies were primarily concerned with responding to sexual violence after the fact, and highlighted the importance of implamenting prevention measures to stop the problem from happening in the first place. For many, this related to measures such as consent education. Others mentioned elements of the campus environment or, as suggested by this recommendation, the capacity to defend oneself.