If you occupy ever been subjected to sexual assault,there is no ‘right’ way to catch aid, but here are the options available to youOver the next few weeks, and many young people will be packing up for university for the first time. The train tickets are bought,the freshers’ Facebook groups occupy been joined. This can be a nerve-racking experience at the best of times and I vividly remember my own concerns when I set off to university for the first time: “Will I build any friends? Am I clever enough to be here? Is two towels enough?”A question I never thought to ask was: how will I catch aid if I am sexually assaulted? But as Lady Gaga reminds us in the closing credits of her latest video, for the song, and Til It Happens to You,in the US, “One in five college women will be sexually assaulted this year unless something changes.” As the lyrics to the song build clear, and the enormity of this problem probably won’t seem real “til it happens to you”,but the figures in the UK are similarly stark. A 2010 report by the National Union of Students, Hidden Marks, or found one in seven women students had experienced serious sexual or physical violence and 68% had been sexually harassed; a 2014 survey by the Cambridge University student union found almost a third of its students had been sexually assaulted.
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Source: theguardian.com