Perspectives on responses to sexual assault
Personally for me [if I experienced sexual assault], I think sharing with a friend, or the counselling center would be more better. Obviously, as the other said, [sharing with someone] coming from a South Indian…
I feel like the most important thing is more support for the victim, because at some point, they don’t even want somebody to be touching them. They just want somebody to be listening to them,…
If you think about the South Indian perspective, I say the experiences and trauma would be just the same with any person, no matter the ethnic group or gender. But I feel […] someone who…
Participant 1: I would look for someone who provides me with more recommendations of how I could approach the problem. Like, it’s good to listen to my problem, but I think for me, it would…
If a person brings up disclosing a certain incident and [doesn’t want] the investigation, even if the person who discloses it wants it or not, it has to be investigated. That’s what I think. Because…
Participant 1: Offer them counselling because, in Africa, you can’t find counselling. Participant 2: Not even – don’t put counselling in such a way, because we don’t really understand counselling. Facilitator: Okay, maybe for us,…
The university should take on-the-spot action. There was […] an incident here which happened four months back. The [unclear] rumoring around. […]. There wasn’t any strict action taken, or any measures taken against him. But…
Participant 1: The Mount could learn more about culture, to know how to deal with African students. Facilitator: Like how to make you, maybe, open up more? [laughter] Participant 1: Yeah, like, more comfortable. […]…
Not everybody is open-minded, and we should think about privacy as well, so based on the mentality of the victim, we can decide what to do. I guess it would be of great help if…
[If a friend told me she had experienced sexual assault], I would usually go for mental support. As a friend, that’s the best I can do. At first, I would tell her that I am…