Did you know that every 21 hours there is a sexual assault on an American college campus? Well, now you know. 1 in 5 college women will be a victim of sexual assault during an academic school year. Less than 5% of these assaults are reported to law enforcement (National Sexual Resource Center, http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/campus-resource-list). Sexual assault is a large issue that needs to be taken seriously. It can be describe as any sexual act to which you have not freely given your consent. Some forms of sexual assault includes unwanted sexual touching, attempted sex acts or “any penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth with any body part or object”, which is also known as rape (Tarrant, Men Speak Out, 115). Women have the right to walk without wondering if their lives are in danger. We can help change this thought, we can fight against sexual assault.
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Fighting this issue is hard but it can be done by getting involve with campaigns that will educate you about sexual assault, be a part of a project or develop your own project that provides awareness to other students about this issue, volunteer at a sexual assault event, make use of the resources that are available on campuses that provides guidelines on how to respond to and prevent sexual assaults, be a support to a friend or a person who needs a shoulder to lean
Fighting this issue is hard but it can be done by getting involve with campaigns that will educate you about sexual assault, be a part of a project or develop your own project that provides awareness to other students about this issue, volunteer at a sexual assault event, make use of the resources that are available on campuses that provides guidelines on how to respond to and prevent sexual assaults, be a support to a friend or a person who needs a shoulder to lean