MONDAY’S TOPIC: Health & Science
Sexual assault victims offered support
■ GROUP: The counseling
center holds a session each
week for women to discuss
sexual assault experiences
By Amy Palanuk
Higher Education Reporter
In the last two weeks, two sepa
rate reports of rape occurred on
college campuses in Oregon. One
of them was at the University of
Oregon.
Whether reported or not, in cas
es of sexual assault, many stu
dents find the need for support
and counseling on what to do if
saying “no” becomes ineffective.
A new student group has been
formed for this kind of support,
creating a safe environment for
women to talk about instances of
sexual assault.
The sexual assault support
group, co-sponsored by the Uni
versity Counseling Center and
Sexual Assault Support Services,
meets in the counseling center
every Friday at 3 p.m. for an hour
and a half.
Students are welcome to either
drop in and attend or to schedule
an appointment to talk to a coun
selor about joining.
“We want to make it as accessi
ble as possible,” said Sarah
McArthur, co-facilitator of the
group.
Whatever the group talks about
stays confidential, McArthur said.
HARD FACTS ON SEXUAL ASSAULT
■ Of women who were raped, 73 percent did not identify the experience as !
rape.
■ Eighty-four percent of college student rape survivors knew their assailant I
prior to the attack.
■ Of rape victims, 42 percent tell no one about the assault.
■ Seventy-five percent of men and at least 55 percent of women involved in
acquaintance rapes had been drinking or taking drugs just before the act.
SOURCE: Koss, 1987
But in certain instances there
are exceptions to confidentiality,
such as when a lawsuit is filed.
“Then our options change,”
McArthur said. “If we couldn’t
give information, we can help
[students] figure out where to get
it. In any case, we’re going to make
sure they get what they need. ”
The group encourages women
interested in talking about in
stances of sexual assault to drop in
on Fridays for the session.
While the group provides sup
port for students who have experi
enced sexual assault, many times
students can be unsure what con
stitutes sexual assault.
Any unwanted sexual experi
ence can be considered as sexual
assault, McArthur said.
Different instances of sexual as
sault have different labels, but this
definition stays consistent with
most cases.
Date rape, acquaintance rape,
gang rape and same-sex rape are
all situations in which the victims
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are forced into unwanted sexual
intercourse with someone they
may know or have just met.
According to Creating a Rape
free Environment, students are en
couraged to take responsibility for
their own actions so sexual assault
does not occur. Women are en
couraged to be alert, be assertive
and trust gut feelings when some
thing does not feel right. Men are
encouraged to communicate
physical and emotional wants, to
take responsibility for their ac
tions and to be sensitive to a part
ner’s wants and intentions.
While the group is limited to
women only, McArthur encour
ages anyone who has been the vic
tim of sexual assault to drop in to
the counseling center and talk to a
counselor. Friends of victims are
also encouraged to attend the
group.
“We just started,” McArthur
said. “We’d like to have seven to
eight people, and right now we
have several openings.”
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