Marven
I would to add that, educating or creating awareness about sexual violence or sexual assault should happen even before reporting. Like, education and awareness are done after the reporting, but I feel like this is…
Participant 2: Say you are the only African in the class. If something happens, you don’t even know how to say it because you feel – Participant 1: like, “oh, I am the only African.”…
I am sure that there are lot of people reporting, but I also feel like some cases were along the lines of people reporting violence for revenge against someone. Like, how is that treated? How…
Participant 1: I wanted to know how many cases have been reported through this channel, and how did they go? Participant 2: Yeah! I think I am quite curious to know too. […] I know…
Personally, I feel like too many displays is not good because they just give out negative vibrations like, “this is what happened to me.” That’s why having some testimonials where they just say their emotions,…
Like I said before, it [how to support a survivor] depends on what they want to do, right? So we may, like Participant 1 just said, we need to see how serious it is, but…
[If a friend was sexually assaulted], they would be scared and might not open their mouth about whatever has happened. As a friend, once I observe whether she is mentally okay and I take her…
Participant 1: I mean, the problem with the services that are free on campus, is that they are very slow. Like, the counselling services are very slow. If someone has to go and report something,…
[A friend who discloses sexual assault] could be feeling very unsure at the moment, and they also don’t know what to say at the moment. And since this is sudden -. I also don’t think…
My opinion is that there are two options: Either report, or you decide not to identify yourself, and still take the services. I feel that both should be in place, because like the other participant…