Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response Program

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Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention
and Response Program

• The Citadel

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The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
Program

• The program has three goals
• To educate corps, graduate students, staff, and
  faculty
• To advocate for victims of these crimes
• To act as a liaison between The Citadel and the
  community

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Sexual Assault and Harassment

• Facts and Statistics

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Sexual Harassment

• Sexual harassment
• Includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for
  sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
  conduct of a sexual nature
• Is frequently a display of formal or informal
  power intended to demean, embarrass, intimidate,
  or coerce a person
• Usually targets women, but individuals from both
  genders are sexually harassed
• Can occur between members of the same gender.

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Types of Sexual Harassment

• Quid Pro Quo (This for That)
• Hostile Environment

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What is rape?

• Rape is sexual penetration (i.e., anal, oral, or
  vaginal) however slight that is forced,
  manipulated, or coerced upon a person who has not
  given affirmative consent and/or who is legally
  unable to consent.  Types of force may include
  verbal or physical coercion, threats, and/or
  physical violence (including the use of a
  weapon).

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What is sexual assault?

• Sexual Assault includes rape and all other forms
  of unlawful sexual behavior and contact which is
  not mutually agreed upon (i.e., penetration with
  a foreign object including a finger oral or anal
  sex unwanted touching on skin or through
  clothing or touching an intimate part of another
  person such as genitals, buttocks, or breasts)
  without affirmative consent by all persons
  involved.

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Rape happens to.

• All races
• All ages
• All socioeconomic groups
• All genders

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What is affirmative consent?

• Legally, affirmative consent cannot be given if a
  person
• Is impaired, intoxicated, drugged, underage,
  mentally challenged, unconscious, and/or asleep
• Expresses by words OR any other behavior a lack
  of agreement to engage in sexual activity
• Gives consent but then expresses by words OR any
  other behavior a lack of agreement to continue
  sexual activity
• Is induced by the other persons physical
  coercion or abuse of position of power, trust or
  authority
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Who is getting raped?

• College coeds, according to reports, are at the
  greatest risk one-in-four college women survive
  rape (15) or attempted rape (12)
• Approximately 20-25 of women are victims of
  rape/attempted rape in their lives
• Approximately 16 of men are victims of
  rape/attempted rape in their lives
• Between 1 and 3 of reports are false
• Between 80-85 of rape survivors knew their
  attacker
• 57 of rapes occur during dates
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Who is raping?

• More than 99 of perpetrators are males
• One-in-12 men in one survey admitted committing
  acts that meet the legal definition of rape or
  attempted rape
• 55 of gang rapes on campuses are completed by
  members of fraternities, 40 by sports teams, 5
  by others

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Most rapists

• are men.

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Most men

• are not rapists.

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Because most rapists are men,

• only men can stop rape.

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• How are things looking at
• The Citadel?

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These results are comparable

• to national statistics.

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What do rapists have in common?

• The assaults are motivated by a desire to control
  or
• overpower the victim
• Many predators are serial offenders
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Typical Sex Offender Profile

• Plans and premeditates attacks
• Uses multiple strategies to make victim
  vulnerable
• Uses alcohol and/or drugs deliberately
• Uses psychological weapons
• Uses only as much violence as is necessary
• Has access to consensual sex
• Comes from all racial and ethnic groups

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Many rapists have help

• A study of sexual assaults among college students
  found that 73 of the perpetrators and 55 of the
  victims
• had used drugs, alcohol, or both
• immediately before the assault.

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Victim reactions to drug-induced sexual assaults

• Many admit to drinking at least one alcoholic
  beverage prior to the attack
• They may leave their drink unattended
• Lose track of events
• Wake up disoriented, in an unfamiliar place
• May feel disoriented, sleepy, confused for days
• Many dont report assault
• May feel guilty for own voluntary drug/alcohol
  use
• May be confused as to what happened

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Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act
of 1996  

• This bill outlaws the use of Rohypnol, GHB, and
  other date-rape drugs
• Rapists receive an additional 20 years in prison
  if they are convicted of using these drugs to
  incapacitate their SA victims.
• The law also covers possession, manufacture,
  and/or distribution of an illegal drug with
  intent to use it in commission of a violent
  crime.
• Simple possession of these drugs with no proven
  intent to commit assault carries a sentence of up
  to three years in prison. 

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What can you do?

• Follow The Citadel, state, and federal rules and
  laws
• Do not tolerate criminal behavior of others
• Look out for your fellow cadets
• Dont drink alcohol
• Watch your drink when you are out
• Be aware of your surroundings and take
  precautions
• If someone tells you they have been assaulted
• Believe them
• Let them talk
• Do not suggest revenge
• Suggest they go call the SAPARC, Public Safety,
  or the infirmary