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    observe whether female or male students have a similar or different perspective of the meaning of consent in a sexual context; specifically, on the subject of campus sexual assault. INTRODUCTION In the United States (U.S.), sexual assault on campuses remains to make national headlines, and now this problem is increasing and occurring in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The term ‘sexual assault’ varies in definition from state to state in the U.S. and other

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    Introduction Sexual assault is an ongoing problem in the U.S military. But there is a large number of soldiers who will admit that during their time in the service they have been sexually assaulted but did not report. Any unwanted sexual contact should be reported; these soldiers should receive justice without being afraid of what might happen to them and their career. Not reporting sexual assaults is putting others in danger of being a victim, and is encouraging these assailants that their actions

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    weeks, or  months. Soon these actresses learned the horrifying truth about Hollywood. Sexual assault ran Hollywood; that was the way to get the part and stay relevant.  Now they are starting to fight back. Recent revelations of pervasive sexual assault in Hollywood illustrate that if actresses speak out about these incidents, change may result in women being treated with dignity.     Pervasive sexual assault in Hollywood is no secret. The “casting couch” has been used to either make or break actresses

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    Sexual assault on college campuses is a growing epidemic. Twenty five percent of college women are affected by sexual assault (A. Amar, T. Strout, S. Simpson, M. Cardiello, & S. Beckford, 2014, p. 93). Sexual assault is the non- consensual sexual touching of a person, in which a person is forced to engage in a sexual act against their will. Taking advantage of a person sexually is morally wrong, and causes victims of sexual assault significant emotional and physical damage. Sexual assault is a big

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    Introduction College students are often believed to be a subpopulation at elevated risk for sexual assault, and although sexual assault is experienced by both male and female students, women experience significantly higher rates of sexual assault compared to men. (Krebs, Lindquist., Warner, Fisher, & Martin, 2007) Research also suggests that women in college are at a greater risk to be victims of sexual assault in comparison to women of comparable age in the general population. (Fisher, Cullen, & Turner

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    “Did you know that every 98 seconds, an American is being sexually assaulted?”(vaglanos) Sexual assault against every person has come to the concern of our human rights. It is despairing to say that people all over the world deal with these situations or at least know somebody that has. Sexual assault can happen to anyone at anytime,and for the longest time horrific events such as rape and nonconsensual sex have been part of a high crime rate. However, the biggest thing to do with these type

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    In a study that was documented in December 2014, “for the period 1995–2013, females ages 18 to 24 had the highest rate of rape and sexual assault victimizations compared to females in all other age groups” (Langton & Sinozich, p. 1). This report compared and described how sexual assault can effect students and nonstudents, but it focused mainly on females with the male as the offender. “The findings are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which

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    Sexual assault has been huge problem on college campus. College female students have been targets of sexual assault acts, According to Robin Gray “Between 20% and 25% of women will experience a completed and/or attempted rape during their college career.” Sexual assault is when is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. There are laws that protect women in all types of setting from being victims of sexual assault. The government had made some

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    Sexual assault crimes are crimes that are unfortunately occurring in a more consistent bases. This type of crime also happens to anyone, either the person is a male or a female and does not matter where you live. In the past, this type of crime was considered to have a vague definition what is sexual assault and how it can be proven. There were not clear definition on who were the actual victims of this type of crime, for example does this apply only to women or does it also apply to younger victims

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    I chose sexual assault as a research topic because I, as a female in today 's society, would like to bring the issue of this topic to a larger demographic. I feel that over the years there has been a drastic increase in assault victims and a small amount of attention has been brought the authority 's attention and even the family of the victims. I, as a young female, want to be able to see a drastic change and would like to be able to lessen the casualties and raise awareness of the topic. I will

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