Female

Well, I have two things to say. One is that we all came to the conclusion that it is important for the policy to be visible, not only for new students but old students, faculty,…

I think the person that’s gonna help someone that has suffered sexual assault has got to be trustworthy and they have to be compassionate, like, someone who puts themselves in other people’s shoes, that are…

Because we don’t know about this policy, I think this is one of the main reasons why people who have suffered from sexual assault never speak up. Because they don’t know where to go, or…

They [survivors] don’t wanna hear, “Oh, you should have done this,” or “What were you wearing?”or “What were you doing? Were you drinking? Were you drunk?” Because that is just judging the person and that…

In terms of an informal resolution- if that was the victim’s route, and everything was resolved this way, how would the university see the accused person? Like, would they still be seen as a risk…

I think with both my mom and dad there is a disconnect in their understanding of sexual assault. You know, when there is cases and stuff like that on TV, you know, they say stuff…

Participant 1: I think it definitely reflects more of an institutional concern, like we discussed before, the policy is not really great for accessibility or understanding for students, especially a student in crisis. Just in…

Participant 1: What kind of records are kept for each case? Participant 2: That was an issue I had in my case – faculty, regardless of how serious the act, at the end of the…

I don’t know how well this [policy] actually works in letting people know that there’s a safe environment for them where it is a non-judgmental. Like, I get that forms are out there and that…

Participant 1: [Laughs] The sexual violence response team creates the policy, and the sexual violence response team also happens to be the people that enforce the policy. Um, so, it’s bad- you can’t write the…