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Like how you said, the cultures are entirely different, right? So they don’t take – like, in Canada they can’t understand how our family would react, or how that situation would affect the girl and…

They might be drunk and remember what happened, and sometimes, they might be unsure. Especially, the girl or guy in this case, sometimes they might be unsure whether they were actually assaulted and in some…

With sexual assault, it is good to have as much support as possible from your friends and family. It is not the kind of thing people can deal with by themselves, as one of the…

Personally for me [if I experienced sexual assault], I think sharing with a friend, or the counselling center would be more better. Obviously, as the other said, [sharing with someone] coming from a South Indian…

I have one more thing. If you are talking about violence policy, I don’t think it just ends with reporting. How you take that forward, how well you gave support to the victim and, you…

I think one of the things you’d need to think about before giving advice [to a friend who had experienced sexual assault] is to make sure you do not minimize emotions. For example, don’t make…

If you think about the South Indian perspective, I say the experiences and trauma would be just the same with any person, no matter the ethnic group or gender. But I feel […] someone who…

I would to add that, educating or creating awareness about sexual violence or sexual assault should happen even before reporting. Like, education and awareness are done after the reporting, but I feel like this is…

I think in [the] situation [that a friend has been sexually assaulted], the number one thing is to just ensure them that they are loved and you hear them and you see them and you…

Not everybody is open-minded, and we should think about privacy as well, so based on the mentality of the victim, we can decide what to do. I guess it would be of great help if…