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Participant 1: Yeah, I’ve only ever come across it. I had to do a module once, you know, just required to do it. But I feel like if I didn’t have to do it, I…

I don’t think there’s anything that uniquely makes it [the SV/SA policy] feel that it would consider the perspective of an African Nova Scotia male, at all. I mean, I think one of the glaring…

What do you guys think about that though? Like do you guys, even just in terms of, I don’t know, it’s definitely different for men. I would assume that if something happened with like anyone…

I feel like I wouldn’t have a voice at all in this process. You know, just being, as he just mentioned, a black male, just my appearance, etc., I feel like my voice would totally…

Protecting anonymity and privacy is very important. Keeping privacy protects the victim from the emotional pressure that he/she could experience.

I think that the best quality that a friend could have is to listen to what the person [who has experienced sexual assault] has to say. I think listening is a big part of it,…

I believe that you have to have compassion in a situation like this, where it’s not about enforcement of what you think is right, or what you think should be done. It’s just understanding the…

Another quality I would say would be reliability. It could help if you went through a struggle of your own. It may not be the exact struggle – you don’t have to be abused yourself;…

My advice would be, coming from the Middle East, I would suggest that things over there, when it comes to gender or dignity, it’s very sensitive, and we are not, very comfortable [unclear]. So, they…

I would suggest that they complain to a therapist because by complaining to a therapist, they would feel more comfortable about the topic. I would also like to add that it would be even better…