(How U Kentucky…). Jordan then created the Center for Research on Violence Against Women in 2003 and, within a year, published a study on campus safety concerns (How U Kentucky…). After finding that 36.5% of female students were victimized while attending UK, the school founded the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center and hired Dr. Dorothy Edwards who, disheartened by the continuous “failure to prevent violence against women,” founded The Green Dot Program to prevent sexual assault (How U Kentucky….). This program has an imaginary campus map, and a red dot signifies each violent incident and anything perpetuating that violence while a green dot signifies an action that encourages safety or goes against the red dots (How U Kentucky…).
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Paul Nungesser, a Columbia University Graduate of 2015, would definitely mirror these sentiments if you asked him. According to Max Kutner’s article, “The Other Side of the College Sexual Assault Crisis,” Emma Sulkowicz accused fellow-student Nungesser of sexually assaulting him; after this accusation, two more female and one male student also accused Nungesser, but the school found Nungesser not guilty for every charge. In protest of the court findings, Sulkowicz pledged to carry around her mattress everywhere she went until Nungesser left campus (Keller). Columbia University allowed Sulkowicz to do this, and also allowed her to violate the school policy of prohibiting oversized items during the graduation ceremony and bring it on stage with her; in addition to this, the school allowed Sulkowicz to use her “Carry That Weight” campaign as her senior project and have an exhibit on campus clearly accusing Nungesser of sexually assaulting her (Keller). So, even though the school found Nungesser not guilty, it refused to protect him and allowed Sulkowicz to publicly shame Nungesser, ruining his reputation. a similar situation occurred at Colgate University. Three fellow students accused Luke, a student who wishes to remain …show more content…
Although most people think victims do not know their rapist, strangers commit less than 25% of assaults (Men Against Rape Now). People also misconceive that men cannot victims; even though it occurs much less commonly, one in sixteen male students will get sexually assaulted in college (National Sexual Violence Resource Center). If society becomes more educated and stops believing these misconceptions, the attitude towards sexual assault will shift and become more appropriate which would, in turn, lessen the amount of sexual assaults on college campuses.
Society needs to address this sexual assault epidemic because it should not be expected that one in four or five girls will experience sexually assault while in college (“Not Alone”). If society refuses to accept this as a norm, women will become more equal because they will not have to constantly think of how to protect themselves from sexually assaulted; it will no longer be a
Paul Nungesser, a Columbia University Graduate of 2015, would definitely mirror these sentiments if you asked him. According to Max Kutner’s article, “The Other Side of the College Sexual Assault Crisis,” Emma Sulkowicz accused fellow-student Nungesser of sexually assaulting him; after this accusation, two more female and one male student also accused Nungesser, but the school found Nungesser not guilty for every charge. In protest of the court findings, Sulkowicz pledged to carry around her mattress everywhere she went until Nungesser left campus (Keller). Columbia University allowed Sulkowicz to do this, and also allowed her to violate the school policy of prohibiting oversized items during the graduation ceremony and bring it on stage with her; in addition to this, the school allowed Sulkowicz to use her “Carry That Weight” campaign as her senior project and have an exhibit on campus clearly accusing Nungesser of sexually assaulting her (Keller). So, even though the school found Nungesser not guilty, it refused to protect him and allowed Sulkowicz to publicly shame Nungesser, ruining his reputation. a similar situation occurred at Colgate University. Three fellow students accused Luke, a student who wishes to remain …show more content…
Although most people think victims do not know their rapist, strangers commit less than 25% of assaults (Men Against Rape Now). People also misconceive that men cannot victims; even though it occurs much less commonly, one in sixteen male students will get sexually assaulted in college (National Sexual Violence Resource Center). If society becomes more educated and stops believing these misconceptions, the attitude towards sexual assault will shift and become more appropriate which would, in turn, lessen the amount of sexual assaults on college campuses.
Society needs to address this sexual assault epidemic because it should not be expected that one in four or five girls will experience sexually assault while in college (“Not Alone”). If society refuses to accept this as a norm, women will become more equal because they will not have to constantly think of how to protect themselves from sexually assaulted; it will no longer be a