Friday, June 26, 2015

Total crap survey!!!-----22.5 percent of female undergrads at U-M have been sexually assaulted, survey shows

22.5 percent of female undergrads at U-M have been sexually assaulted, survey shows | MLive.com
While an overwhelming majority of students reported feeling safe from sexual assault on the University of Michigan's campus, 22.5 percent of undergraduate women and 6.8 percent of undergraduate men reported having been victims of sexual assault in the past year, according to survey results released Wednesday by school officials.
The survey, issued to 3,000 students with a 67 percent response rate, defined sexual assault as any form of nonconsensual touching and kissing or oral, vaginal or anal penetration.
The findings mirrored a nationwide Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll of current and recent students, published June 12, which stated that 1 in 5 women say they were sexually assaulted while in college.
...A more in-depth breakdown of the student survey showed that 9.7 percent of all female students who responded said they experienced nonconsensual sexual penetration—oral, vaginal or anal—compared to 1.4 percent of male students.
In most of those instances, the nonconsensual penetration happened after verbal pressure, while under the influence of drugs or when the student was too drunk to stop the penetration from happening. Less than 1 percent of the students said that physical force was involved.
Verbal pressure was described in the survey as telling lies, threatening to end a relationship or spread rumors, showing displeasure, criticizing their sexuality or attractiveness or getting angry after being told no...

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