Perspectives on responses to sexual assault

Okay so basically [if a friend came to me for advice following a sexual assault], well, I would appreciate the fact that you came to talk to me, but just to be real I don’t…

The first thing I will tell [a friend who comes to me for advice following sexual assault] is that she has to be strong. First, we must go to a clinic to get proof- crying…

[If I needed support following an experience of sexual assault], I would go to someone with more knowledge, with more maturity, and that is something I would look for. And also, I would look for…

[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…

The person listening to the case […] shouldn’t influence their [the survivor’s] choices. It’s your choice, and you choose how to handle it. But in the case of a minor involved, I think an adult…

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…

Do they do anything to help them, or do they just leave them? Like, do they provide support groups to help them and stuff like that, or do they just leave them?

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…

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…