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A lot of the time when people get sexually assaulted, not most of the time, but it does happen, they were under the influence of the substance. So the person that assaulted them was -…

The biggest thing [supporter quality] that I can think of is that you want to confide in someone that can be accountable, so someone that – ’cause some people might say “I am here for…

I guess if I were coming to them after an assault, I would wanna be treated with respect and have people be mindful of their body language and facial expressions when I am telling them…

I find in our culture when someone’s upset we automatically want to hug them for comfort or something, but often with like sexual assault victims they don’t necessarily want to be touched at that moment.…

I feel like I would feel more confident and comfortable disclosing to someone who maybe has experienced um sexual abuse of some sort, or assault. […] Like, I would feel like they would actually know…

[Some people would feel] how the situation like that [of sexual assault in the university community] is handled is only relevant if you find yourself being involved in that situation, whereas [unclear] just general information…

Typically, well, men, the male demographic, are the respondents more often than [unclear]. Sexual harassment reports well – sexual harassment experienced by the male demographic usually doesn’t get reported or anything like that. [unclear] is…

I know sexual assault can happen at any age, but from my own experience, I feel like when – the first year of university you get caught up in the fun of party that mostly…

Having it [the report of sexual assault] on file is useful, because it speaks to a, pattern – history. If, like you said, someone might be nervous, but maybe that individual, you know, does something…

I feel like a good question to ask is, where the line drawn for alcohol and sexual assault is drawn. If two people are drinking and they engage in sexual activity together and one person…

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