SMU

So if I decide to report this, to take this to the committee, how do you make sure my identity remains anonymous? Because I can be right, or I can just fake it- it can…

Unfortunately, our culture sometimes has the tendency to blame the victim, blaming it on how they were dressed. Probably the biggest thing they say is, “You were dressing too inappropriately, so you were asking for…

Bringing in diverse sets of people for the committee is appreciated and essential. But, we also need to take extreme care in bringing people into the committee, because in cases where someone is going to…

In our culture, sexual assault is considered one of the taboo subjects. It is never talked about. Victims have to suffer through [it] alone, in silence, which makes it much harder. So, I think it…

Participant 1: I would advise [supporters from other cultures] to consider the [victim/survivor’s] family backgrounds and their culture. And maybe […] they could help in talking to their parents too, and help them with the…

From my mom’s perspective, first, she wouldn’t be happy about me talking about it [sexual violence] to other people. You know, that’s our culture. You are not supposed to discuss this with other people, in…

What I personally feel is when you talk about a sexual kind of problem to your friends, like close people, their first reaction would be very impulsive and they only think in an emotional point…

Another thing the current policy is missing is maybe to educate the parents as well. When, like, someone has an impact of this sexual assault, […] they will speak with their parents, so parents should…

When I go out of the family zone at night, parties or clubbing, that was something that my mom was concerned about. Because, inside school, I am sure that you are 100% safe, but inside…

I have one more to add. This thought just came to my mind, so what I was thinking was, in India any form of contraception is something – is not publicly spoken about. So I…