Perspectives on sexual assault

Participant 1: What if it’s, like, a form of assault, but it’s not on the policy? They’re just like [claps hand to indicate closing the file]. Participant 3: It doesn’t say verbal. I don’t know…

So if you were to file only to the police, does that mean you can’t file to the school, or can you do both at the same time? I was also kind of wondering, let’s…

So, I just wanted to say, that I feel like a lot of people forget that professors can be involved in this too. Because a lot of people will assume […] if a professor did…

Personally, I think if my parents were to read the policy, they would value it a lot. But at the same time, if it actually happened to their daughter or their son, or whomever it…

This is not just alcohol. A lot of people tend to think that just because someone’s high versus consuming alcohol, like, their behaviour would not be as violent. They would just be like “It’s ok,”…

I feel like people tend to forget that just because you consent to one thing, does not mean you’re consenting to another. So, asking for consent on every step is really important and a lot…

Unfortunately, in today’s world, I do know by numbers that female students, in general, are more targeted for sexual assault than male students.[…] So, anything that the Student Centre or SMU staff puts out for…

I think they [my family] will probably appreciate it [the SV/SA policy] as long as it’s helping me, but I don’t think they would think something like this will happen. And usually, if Asians are…

For people with English as a second language, shouldn’t there be something that explains it [the policy]? Or like, certain translations or something to the most common languages? I know a lot of people obviously…

My family does not know that I was assaulted. Even with the whole Bret Kavanaugh thing that is going on in the states, there is this [pause] not necessarily blaming, but there is like, “something…