In the past decade the U. In , the Campus Sexual Assault study, funded by the Department of Justice, reported that 1 in 5 college women will be a victim of sexual assault. That number has not changed in the past decade, and the DOJ has also found that roughly 5 percent of college men will be sexually assaulted. According to Nevada law, sexual assault is defined as a person engaging in sexual activity with someone without receiving consent.
But when drugs and alcohol are involved, the idea of what consent is can become less clear. They might have pre-gamed somewhere else; they might be on different antibiotics or medications for whatever reason. I think that just fuels this general lack of understanding when it comes to sexual encounters. Beyond education, UNR senior Corrie Clapsaddle says that the issue of understanding consent can be traced to how we raise our children and establish gender roles.
Although sexual assault has been a prominent problem among college students for as long as the topic has been researched, Hernandez says this issue is reversible. Hernandez recognizes this change will not occur overnight, but she will continue advocating for strategies like effective education on bystander intervention and consent.
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Parenting with Cheryl Erwin. The news these days is filled with stories of sexual assault on campus. How can parents prepare their sons and daughters to live together with respect andβ¦.
