{"id":28,"date":"2020-06-29T18:09:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T18:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2020-06-29T18:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T18:09:59","slug":"sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/information\/sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sexual assault is any sexual contact without consent. Acts may include unwanted sexual touching, fondling, attempted rape, harassment, exposing or flashing, or forcing a person to pose for sexual pictures. Rape is non-consensual sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, and\/or oral penetration by a body part or an object, no matter how slight the penetration or contact. Rape is a form of sexual assault. Rape and sexual assault are crimes motivated by power and control. Perpetrators use rape and sexual assault as a weapon to hurt and dominate others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you think you may have experienced a sexual assault:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is not your fault.<\/li><li>You are not alone.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Consider seeking medical care for any injuries, STD\/STI or HIV medication, or to preserve evidence.<\/li><li>Know that you do not have to make a decision to report the incident before accessing counseling, medical, or advocacy services.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Facts About Sexual Assault<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Approximately 90% of college-aged individuals are raped by someone they know. Most rapes occur in the survivor's home, their workplace, or other spaces they are familiar with.<\/li><li>Rape and sexual assault can happen to individuals of any race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, class, ability, citizenship and immigration status, and age.\u00a0<\/li><li>Individuals in the LGBTQ+, genderqueer, and\/or gender non-conforming community experience disproportionately higher rates of sexual assault and violence than the general population.\u00a0<\/li><li>If a person is in a relationship with someone or has had sex with them before, this does not mean that they cannot be sexually assaulted or raped by that person.\u00a0<\/li><li>Alcohol and drugs can prevent someone from being able to consent. Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs does not imply consent.\u00a0<\/li><li>In most cases, a survivor may be unable to fight back due to trauma, impairment, fear, and\/or other factors. Whatever a person does to survive the assault is an appropriate reaction.\u00a0<\/li><li>Rape is a lot more than unwanted sex. Rape is a violent crime that often causes survivors to fear for their life and safety.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Material adapted from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/\">RAINN<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Rape, Abuse, &amp; Incest National Network).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual assault is any sexual contact without consent. Acts may include unwanted sexual touching, fondling, attempted rape, harassment, exposing or flashing, or forcing a person to pose for sexual pictures. Rape is non-consensual sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, and\/or oral penetration by a body part or an object, no matter how slight the penetration or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/savp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}