East Asia

What kind of evidence does this policy apply to and how we can intervene in each situation individually? I mean because sometimes the only evidence is just the victim’s written word or what they say.…

Participant 1: I am thinking of my parents. I think they would appreciate the community in SMU and the policy as well. Especially because they live in East Asia so they can’t talk with me,…

I just want to encourage that you should get people aware about information and policies and get them to know more how to protect themselves, because actually, we don’t want [people to have] experiences of…

I think they [my family] will probably appreciate it [the SV/SA policy] as long as it’s helping me, but I don’t think they would think something like this will happen. And usually, if Asians are…

What’s going to happen to the people, when we report them? […] Because I think sometimes when the person who reported, and the person who is being reported – maybe they are their friend or…

If I have a problem and talk to my family, they will probably say, “Just go to the police, not talking to the sexual violence manager, just go to police.” I guess this is because…

I think that the person who will deal with sexual violence should be knowledgeable about what sexual violence is, and what procedures [to use] to report the sexual violence. And second, that person should have…

I think it’s really hard to share the experience with people – other people. So like, [if a friend discloses to you], first you have to understand the effort she put, to talk to […]…

There’s a story that my friend told me, when we were still back in Vietnam. He told me about how he got involved in sexual assault when he was in the bathroom with other men.…

Participant 1: I think I agree with most of the other participants’ points, that you need to listen and you have to choose the right wording because they are vulnerable and they are [unclear]. Because,…