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Perspectives on sexual assault

I believe there is a generational gap […]. If I bring up a topic to my father, or maybe an uncle or an aunt, and I explain to them about sexual abuse or sexual assault,…

I have never experienced this, but […] if I had this kind of experience, I would just want a friend so we could do things together. Like, eat meals with me, sleep with me, go…

Artist’s description: -Broad strokes on bottom half represent people being strong, also happens to be the Mandarin (simplified) character for humans. -Mandarin character on the side represents a call for action / fighting for justice…

I think probably talking to someone close to them, like their best friend, or someone they often talk to, would help them to think about the case more; or it may help them reach out…

In the new policy, for people who have not much information and not much knowledge about the law and something […], what types of action should they report [as] sexual violence?

Facilitator: We do have a lot of body contact with friends. Participant 1: But you don’t want strangers touching your body. You can have my approval to touch me everywhere, but if a stranger touches…

For my personal experiences, uhm, it’s not good to be alone when you are in public. Uhm, I just want to share my personal experience a little bit. When I was in a computer class…

CBU is very diverse community that we have a large number of international students here. […] This university should understand, there is a fact that each person’s experience will be affected by many factors including,…

In my opinion, the sexual assault policy only explains in detail what is sexual assault. I think maybe it should be necessary to list some of the contents of the criminal law against these sexual…

I have another piece of advice about precaution. I think when we talk to our professor, we need to keep the door open when we talk in a narrow space in his/her office because I’m…

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