West Africa

[If I shared with my dad that I’d experienced a sexual assault], I think the first thing he would do is ask questions- “How did it happen?” “What happened?” Then, when he knows what happened,…

Okay, so if I should go through this, I think I’d only want to talk about with someone who is positive, with someone who is bold. Who shares the same religious beliefs as me, yeah…

I think my go to reaction [if my friend was sexually assaulted] would be [laughing] “Go and say something!” But um I would ask myself […] the kind of psychological state that person was in…

I’ve heard about so many sexual assaults in the university, but I’ve never really heard about them being solved or someone reporting it- I’ve just heard about the case, but never the case being solved.

I think the two important points that are very, very neccessary when dealing with people from my culture is, they [service providers responding to sexual violence] just need to reassure people that what they are…

Participant 1: Even when we make it known to people, if people come up with stories about how they were assaulted or whatever, sometimes they do not believe them. So what is the point of…

Participant 1: I’ve heard about the policy and everything, but I’ve also heard a lot about sexual assault cases in residence, and how it’s, like, a real problem. So, we know it’s a problem, but…

Well for me, I will let the counsellor know- don’t play the race card with me. Don’t say, “Do you think this happened to you because you are Black?” No, if you say that to…

Participant 1: Oh, if it’s my business. […] It’s like, if I’m in the right place to help, if I am the right person to talk to […] and if the person is sure [pause]…

I do agree that it is impacted by where you are from. I’m not sure about anyone else here, but I did school and I spent a significant majority of my time in West Africa,…