How can students avoid Action if you find yourself Sexual Assault

sexual assault? a victim of sexual assault Towards Women on

• Get to know the person before Understand this is not your fault. If College Campuses
being alone with them, stay in you are in danger, call 911 Erin DeVoe | Human Sexuality

public.
immediately. If you are safe, call Professor Guthrie | 2 May 2018

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911 and report the incident as

• Stick with your friends at parties
soon as you can. If the incident
and make sure your friends stick
occurred on campus or involved a
with you.

student, you may report the sexual

• Control the substance entering assault to authorities or other
your body, do not let it control organizations for support. We
you. Watch your drinks.
encourage you to seek help from
counseling, programs, support
• Be aware of the situation, your
lines. Modify your lifestyle to
surroundings, your instincts.
ensure you feel safe on and off
Trust your gut.

campus.

• Do not leave the party alone and

make sure to tell your friends
where you are going, with who,
and when you plan on being
home.

• Ensure both parties have given

consent.

• Report incidents when they

occur.
 If you know someone • If you witnessed the
According to the American Why is it such a big Who is most likely to
who has been sexually assault, takes notes
issue? become a predator?
Civil Liberties Union, assaulted: of the situation

• Alcohol and drugs

• Intimate Partner

approximately 95% of • Get them to safety

• Stay with the victim
• Peer pressure
• Acquaintance
and seek medical
campus rapes in the United • Tell them this is not attention

• People do not report it • Stranger

their fault

when it is happening • Be a good listener

https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/preventing • Relative
sexual-assault/

https://www.womenshealth.gov

After an Assault
How common is sexual
Sexual assault can significantly affect a student’s
assault on campus? physical and mental health. It can become difficult
for a person to feel comfortable and safe again.
• One in four women on college campuses
Changes in mood, work ethic, social interactions,
experience sexual assault before they
internal thoughts, and more are extremely common.
graduate.
Finding a safe environment to go to is important,
especially if you live with the offender. Reaching out
• Women are at the highest risk of sexual
and asking for help is one of the first steps to
assault during their first year on campus.
recovery. Filing a civil protection order (or restraining
order) is not necessary but recommended.

• More women who identify as bisexual,

lesbian, or gay have been sexually “1 in 10 rape victims currently suffer from post
assaulted on campus than heterosexual traumatic stress disorder; 3 in 10 will develop
women. PTSD over their lifetime.” (bestcolleges.com)