DU students share their stories on sexual assault and demand change

Physical violence is a commonality among many survivor’s stories being shared. 

Picture by: Maddie Gaynor

Sexual assault is an issue that has had a global affect on people no matter their gender, age, or sexual orientation, and it is extremely prevalent on college campuses. Today, on average, 23 percent of women and 5.5 percent of men experience one form of sexual violence before graduation from college. 

With that, more than 90 percent of victims of sexual assault on a college campus will not report their attack. While 63.3 percent of men who reported doing acts qualifying as attempted rape or rape admitted to being repeat offenders, all showing how common sexual assault and harassment are on college campuses. 

One thought on “DU students share their stories on sexual assault and demand change

  1. devoncweigers's avatar devoncweigers February 3, 2020 / 8:00 pm

    This has been such a pressing issue that has seriously gained a lot of headway with the making of this instagram account. Just in the past week, people have been reacting and listening to sexual slurs and violence more so than they were before. Changes still need to be made for the sake of student safety every where, but this account has given a voice to people who feel like they never had one. It’s incredibly important. Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

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