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Chamonix Adams Porter Self-care is particularly important after a difficult experience, including an experience of sexual assault or harassment. A 2014 study in the Journal of Community Psychology found that support is an important factor in helping people recover...
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Chamonix Adams Porter Sexting—digitally sharing sexually explicit messages or pictures—has become a common part of young people’s lives. While estimates of the prevalence of sexting vary, a study involving 1,650 first-year undergraduates at a large southeastern...
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Evan Walker-Wellsn Sexual assault remains a problem in higher ed. Among a random sample of New York undergrads, 22 percent reported experiencing at least one incident of sexual assault since entering college (PLoS ONE, 2017). Women and gender-nonconforming students...
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Lucy Berrington & Chamonix Adams Porter When young people experience intimate partner violence (IPV), they’re most likely to disclose it to their friends. Therefore, it’s critical that we give students the tools to support a friend who may be experiencing IPV....
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By Ramsey Champagne, MA, Amanda Ayers, MPH, and Ariana Gross Campus cultures that are protective against sexual assault will happen when people—students, faculty, staff, and administrators—come together and actively work to make our campuses safer and more supportive...
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By Chamonix Adams Porter One in six men in the US is sexually assaulted before age 18, according to studies from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and about seven percent of men reported being sexually assaulted while attending college, according to a 2015 study by...
