Sexual Assault On Campus Essay

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1 in 3 UK female students are sexually assaulted on campus (1). 90% of victims of sexual assault know their abuser (2). 88% of women sexually assaulted on campus do not report the offender (3). There has been a rise in sexual assaults in the UK and USA and abusers continue to be let off free while the victims live with the horrific memory of abuse and assault. Clinical psychologist David Cisak said, “We’ve known for 25 years now that sexual assault on college campuses is enormous.” (4)

Why is there a rise in sexual assault and why does it continue to go unreported? Stigma. Stigma is the first issue that is preventing thousands of women from speaking out. Placing them into a category from which they cannot escape. The stigma leads to victim blame. After explaining the events that happened to her, Hope Brinn from Swarthmore College was told by her administrator: “You don’t know what he is going through right now, he could be having a really hard time.” (5) Women are questioned on what they were wearing, how much they were drinking and if they were being ‘provocative’. Subconsciously this accusative line of questioning relayed to these victims that it is their fault; they brought the abuse onto …show more content…

They are free to continue their sexually aggressive behaviour, to the point that cases are so rampantly recurring that fraternities are nicknamed after their sexual assaulting reputation. Names such as “Rape Dungeon”, “Date Rape Frat” and “Roofie Frat” are used all over the country. Andrew Lohse, former member of ΣΑΕ/Sigma Alpha Epsilon, otherwise known as “Sexual Assault Expected” reveals that the ‘brothers’ would gather and discuss their conquests against women whether it be consensual or not and they would be praised for how far they got with a woman. Being sexually aggressive is often rewarded by the other

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