The Red zone campaign is a campaign that bring awareness to student at the university of Regina as far as sexual assault is concern. The campaign is responsible for the establishment of a safe and free environment of all sort of sexual assault or violence. Sexual assault is defined as every sexual acts, with or without physical contact, are sexual assaults when they are committed without the consent of the person. Whether a kiss, touching, oral-genital contact (oral sex and cunnilingus), penetration (vaginal or sodomy), voyeurism, sexual harassment or rubbing. First, sexual assault is a problem because it goes beyond a person's rights and freedoms and ignores their will. Moreover, at the moment when this act is produced, several consequences …show more content…
Through this campaign the university of Regina is willing to deal with this issue accordingly by providing a secure environment where university members can feel at home, protected, works safely, teach, live, learn safely while not having to worry about someone violating their integrity and dignity without their consent. They also want to create an environment where reporting sexual assault is safe and comfortable as well as educating people about prevention activities related to sexual assault. As we can see, sexual violence has a catastrophic impact on the quality of life of victims, with a deterioration of their personal, family, friendly, loving, social, academic and professional lives, so providing a safe environment can minimize these consequences (Uregina.ca, …show more content…
Many myths and prejudices are maintained in our society about the notion of sexual aggression. The red zone campaign is the right outlet and one of the only way to solve this epidemic in Regina or Saskatchewan by bringing awareness to members of university of Regina community where every community member can express themselves in an environment free of any kind of offence or violence that make other people’s life
The trial of 19 year old Owen Laurie has brought into light the alarming rate in which Sexual assault is rising. The issue that rages on in Colleges is said to be making its way to high schools and primary school. In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention, 19% of Undergraduate women experienced
Sexual assault is the act of sexual intercourse without consent of the other person according to New South Wales Consolidation Act of 1900 (Austlii 2011) and is also described by the Australian Standard Offence Classification as ‘non-consensual’ acts or intents of sexual nature (ASOC 2008, p. 31) has become one of the most predominate crimes creating social harm in Australia. Social harm is defined as the negative influence through consequences impacting from the individual to the living conditions of the surrounding public (Cain & Howe 2008, p. 26). Sexual assault poses a social threat to all aspects of community, spreading insecurity in the 9000 victims across Australia and 1900 victims in NSW alone as indicated in the Australian Bureau of Statistics Crime Victimisation Report (ABS 2011, p. 40). This is supported by the victimization rate of all sexually assaulted victims between ages 10 to 14 being 4 times greater than all the other age groups (ABS 2010). Another major issue within the boundaries of sexual assault is that it holds one of the lowest prosecution rates with only 1 in 10 incidents able to prosecute the offender as guilty (Fitzgerald 2006, Pg. 1). The abundance of statistics and reports conducted all imply that sexual assault is still a predominate issue of crime within Australia.
For the case of physical assault she believes the response would be “swift and merciless” with the involvement of police. While it may seem to be black and white the issue of sexual assault falls deeply into a gray-zone, as victims are to emotionally damaged to testify or refuse to turn to police for help. Thus, new federal guidelines, which implement climate surveys and training sessions. These steps attempt to right the major problem, which is the campus culture, not the clubs. Flanagan’s piece is quick to generalize as she compares the “final clubs” to the greek letter organizations at major schools. This generalization fails as the total population of the greek systems at major state schools completely outnumbers many private universities, especially a small highly selective one such as
Sexual Assault on campus has become an epidemic, for many different reasons but one major factor that contributes is when a sexual assault occurs on a University and nothing is done. By allowing the perpetrator to get away with his or her crime your “Okaying” them and in a way giving approval which can lead
Rape is currently on the rise on American college campuses and it is the most common committed crime among college students today. In their time in college 1 out of every 5 women and 1 out of every 71 men will experience some form of sexual harassment as reported by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. These numbers are growing each year and have raised a lot of concern in the administrative level of higher education institutions. In an effort to try and prevent these occurrences universities have begun to implement mandatory curriculum to educate students on the subject and have even begun to hold campus wide events and create clubs to spread awareness and show support because of the repetitive nature of this crime. While it is good
According to Campus Sexual Assault: Suggested Policies and Procedures “the consequences of sexual assault can be very serious.” This means that it can lead to many outcomes which one could be hospitalization. The effects on sexual assault on a person can be very traumatic and it can be difficult for some people to overcome it. Another concern that they have stated is pregnancy, STD’s and HIV. The reason they are concerned about this which could certainties be a consequence of sexual assault is because not many girls want to go through with this because they were violated and they might not be able to take care of this child well. They might have to worry if they got an STD’s from them because they might as well have a sexual transmitted disease and who knows where this person went. HIV is the biggest consequences because as yet they couldn’t have found a cure and it is not curable at all so they are stuck with HIV for rest of their
In order to deal with the occurrence of sexual assault in our society, we must examine its causes more deeply. We must understand the sociology of sexualized violence in order to effectively explain its groups and individual dynamics.
According to RAINN, (2009) approximately 10 per cent of all victims of sexual assault and abuse are adult and juvenile males. In terms of the nature of assault, real figures include a compendium of reported incidents ranging from unwanted sexual touching to forced penetration. To qualify this statement, it must be understood that the percentage does not reflect a vast number of crimes that go unreported due to issues that will be discussed in the present paper.
Assault is a noteworthy legitimate and societal issue over the world. Here are some key statistics about sexual brutality:
When it comes to sexual assault on college campuses there is also the question of what can colleges do to decrease the amount of sexual assaults. Bradford Richardson and Jon A Shields wondered the same thing, so they conducted an ...
Every semester, a student attending a college campus will have at some point experience some inappropriate, unwanted attention. There is always someone at school who tends to make someone uncomfortable, be it through eye contact, persistent advances, or just uncalled for innuendos. Of course, we do our best to ignore it, or to just report the bothersome activity, but that can only do so much without someone finding a way around such things. Someone is always going the extra mile to get what he or she wants, even if it’s at the expense of the victim. We can’t turn a blind eye on our friends, our family, or our associates in these dark, sexual assault situation. Campus sexual assault is a problem with plenty of factors regarding it.
The faces flash by on the computer screen. The women on the screen are differents shapes, sizes, ages, and colors. However, there is one thing that all the women have in common: they have all been sexually assaulted on a college campus. More than one in five women were sexually assaulted on college campuses (Mott, Par. 1). It has been proven that programs in schools can help prevent these statistics from growing. However, more needs to be done to prevent sexual assault on educational facilities because the current programs are not fulfilling their purpose.
In this research paper, we will evaluate how sexual assault is handled on a college campus. What system is used and how does it
According to a statement addressing the sexual victimization of college women The Crime and Victimization in America states that, “ One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.” This disturbing fact has not minimized throughout the years, instead it is continuing to worsen throughout college campuses. Sexual assault is not an act to be taken lightly. Society must stop pinpointing the individuals who commit these crimes one by one, but rather look at the problem as a whole and begin to understand the main cause of sexual assault and possible methods to reduce these acts of sexual coercion.
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