Sexual Assault On Campus

Sexual assault on campus has become an epidemic over the years. When teens enter college, they have a mindset that they need to go out and “party” to get the real college experience. This however, is not always the case. There are times that a women will be sexually assaulted, and she will not report this heinous crime. With this being said, the exact number of sexual assault crimes may be hard to find, but some studies were able to find an estimated number of cases in an academic year. One report by the U.S Department of Justice estimates that in a given nine-month academic year, about 3% of college women will be victims of attempted or completed sexual assaults on campus (Karjane, Fisher, and Cullen 2005). Women are often told that in order to attend fraternity parties, they need to dress according to the “theme”. This puts an idea in a girls mind that they need to dress scandalous and wear sexy clothing. Many women have admitted to not wanting to say anything about sexual assault or

The article told a story about a student at the school named Jackie, who went to a frat party and was raped by 7 guys while 2 other guys encouraged it to happen. This article explains how the dean of UVA, Nicole Eramo talks about how she talks to rape victims that go to the school, and she explains to them the different actions they can take. In this article it says that no student had been expelled for committing sexual assault, but they had been expelled for cheating on a test. In the article, Eramo also says "I think you would be surprised to see the number of survivors who I've worked with who don't even want to file a complaint, because they don't want to get the accused person in trouble.” Now the University pledges to take more action against sexual assaults for the sake of the survivors of rape, and for their