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Perspectives on responses to sexual assault

Participant 1: [If a friend comes to me following sexual assault], I will try to help him/her think about what happened during this crime, because the more things you remind them of, the more recalls…

For my parents, I’m not too sure, because from when I was young to now, my parents did not mention it too much to me, so I don’t really know about them. However, my father…

Participant 1: Maybe it depends on the person who has been sexually assaulted. If the person is very shy and very nervous about this, maybe she will choose to disclose because she doesn’t want to…

Participant 1: I would actually be more worried about my parents saying too much, or worrying too much if I told them the situation. So, I think this policy actually helps me on this point…

I have one question about this policy: If something happened, how do you protect the […] personal privacy, you know? For example […] for the survivor, after the terrible thing happened […], if she or…

The first thing I would do [if a friend told me she had been sexually assaulted] is to support her. I would tell her that, “Whatever happens, I’m always here to be with you.” If…

I think the whole policy is actually talking about “What do we do after it has happened,” but not mention how we going to prevent or minimize the occurrence of this tragedy. […] Of course…

From my personal experience, [following a sexual assault], I think I want my friend to be a good listener, to be 100% down to listen to me to talk about this, and I definitely want…

I think it should be automatic. For example, if I’m in school and this person- either they go to school or they don’t, the school should be a safe environment for me. I don’t want…

What level of confidentiality is maintained within the cases? ‘Cause the team behind investigations consists of so many members. So, as you said, there needs to be some kind of integrity for the issues not…

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