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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…

In the actual definition-base, I’ll take the issue with the immediate designation of those reporting assault as a “survivor.” For me, [from a] legal standpoint – just from a language stand point, [this] immediately shifts…

I am wondering if a full medical work up would be available if that is what the survivor wanted. Like, in the event – if they chose to do it legally later on, like, would…

I’d like to know why it [the policy] doesn’t touch on false allegations or whatever. As we mentioned previously, our demographic more typically is um, being a respondent role. So, as a personal fear, I’m…

The school is supposed to help support both parties, but […] I just feel like sometimes the survivor doesn’t always get taken as serious. Like, you hear the term “the person cries wolf,” constantly. How…

To be brutally honest, if one of my friends approached me with this problem, if – it would be following the stigma […] of sexual harassment – men not doing it, or not being harassed,…

When I first went to CBU, I moved away, and I know my mom […] was always like, “Don’t walk in the dark,” like – so I know she was happy for the safe walk…

It’s not my area of expertise. I don’t know how to properly respond to someone who’s gone through that. There are ways that you need to talk to them [unclear]. I believe there’s a way…

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