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http://www.smh.com.au/national/c ... 20110609-1fuy1.html
Culture of campus sex coercion exposed in survey
Adele Horin
June 10, 2011 - 12:51PM
Heartless treatment ... University of Sydney student Naomi Brooks says a friend raped off the Australian Defence Force Academy campus was urged to ‘‘get over it’’. Photo: Jon Reid
A SURPRISINGLY high proportion of female university students have been sexually assaulted, stalked or sexually harassed at some time in their life, according to a survey by the National Union of Students to be released today.
The survey shows one in six respondents had been raped and a further 12 per cent had experienced attempted rape, while two in three had an ''unwanted sexual experience''.
The NUS national women's officer, Courtney Sloane, said it was a myth that sexual assault only happened in less affluent social groups.
''Women at university tend to come from middle-class and upper middle-class social groups, and the survey shows they have experienced sexual assault, harassment, and obsessive behaviours at a high level,'' she said.
More than 1500 students responded to the online survey, promoted as a survey on ''perceptions of safety on campus'', through the NUS website.
The 2005 Personal Safety Survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics found one in five women had experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.
The NUS survey was developed after the furore in 2009 over the pro-rape Facebook page developed by some students at St Paul's residential college at the University of Sydney.
Naomi Brooks, a former Australian Defence Force Academy student now at the University of Sydney, said a friend who had been raped off the academy campus was treated heartlessly by fellow cadets.
''Their attitude was 'just get over it','' she said.
A vocal group of ''rugby jocks'' at the academy had created a culture of ''sticking by your mates'' so that men at odds with the culture remained silent, as well as women, she said.
Ms Brooks said her experience at the university had been better, but even there she and a friend had intervened when they saw a girl being dragged into a boy's room at a residence.
''She was incredibly upset, in tears, and kept thanking us,'' Ms Brooks said. ''Both of them were drunk but alcohol is an appalling excuse for men to use.''
The survey found more than one third of respondents had experienced sexual harassment in the form of unwanted touching or groping, and 17 per cent had been stalked.
Most said the perpetrator was a friend or acquaintance and in a further 22 per cent of cases, the perpetrator was their intimate partner. Only 2 per cent had reported the assault to the police because they thought it ''wasn't serious enough''.
The NUS will present universities with 29 recommendations, including a call for improved campus lighting and video surveillance, and improved counselling services.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/c ... 20110609-1fuy1.html
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发表于 2011-6-11 16:55
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