\u201cI was at a house party for one of my friends,\u201d Doe said. \u201cI used to work with the guy who [assaulted me].\u201d<\/p>\n
Through tears and shallow breaths Doe went on to tell her story.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was lucky I guess because someone walked in halfway through and stopped him,\u201d Doe said. \u201cAfter it was over, I just sat that there for hours not wanting to move or to be touched.\u201d<\/p>\n
If one does the percent math on the CSA Study, that is about 937 people forced to partake in sexual behavior. Out of those 937, 7.8 percent (73 students) of victims were assaulted\u00a0while voluntarily intoxicated and 0.6 percent (7 students) were given a date-rape drug.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course you hear these numbers on the news or in papers,\u201d Doe said. \u201cBut like, you never actually get how big of a percentage that is until you\u2019re part of the math problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Bradley University there is an undergraduate population of roughly 4,588. If one uses the same percentages as the CSA study, it means about 629 students will be sexually violated during their time on The Hilltop.<\/p>\n
CSA Study surveyed both men and women, with about 5,466 of the answers coming from women and 1,374 from men. According to The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men in the United States will be sexually assaulted at least once in their lifetime.<\/p>\n
One has to take the data with a grain of salt. RAINN reports, 68 percent of all rapes go unreported, which is why collecting accurate data can be a challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of me really didn\u2019t want to report it,\u201d Doe said. \u201cI just wanted to convince myself it didn\u2019t happen, but I knew if I didn\u2019t report it he would [rape] someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doe said after several hours of being coaxed by friends, she went to the hospital and took part in a rape kit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a horrible experience,\u201d Doe said. \u201cThey take all your clothes, swab every inch of you inside and out looking for DNA or STDs. Then, if you want, [hospital staff] will report it to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Doe\u2019s case, it had turned out the male assailant, who was eventually convicted of rape, had assaulted two other women at the party.<\/p>\n
Though the data seems bleak, the number of survivors coming forward is growing, partially in part of movies and movements like \u201cThe Hunting Ground\u201d and \u201cCarry That Weight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Hunting Ground\u201d is a documentary that follows the lives of two survivors who are determined to make colleges and universities to help the men and women who are assaulted, and not to victim shame. The two protagonists, survivors themselves, traveled from college to college\u2014educating students on their rights and how to file for Title IX.<\/p>\n
At Bradley, all Title IX cases and reports go through Anne Hollis, Director of Student Support Services. Whether a student chooses to press charges against their alleged attacker is entirely up to them and is handled through the Bradley Police Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want people, especially those who victim blame to understand that it wasn\u2019t my fault,\u201d Doe said. \u201cThat night at the party, I was sober, wearing jeans and a t-shirt. I wasn\u2019t \u2018asking for it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
* For the sake of privacy, the survivor\u2019s name was changed.<\/p>\n
Tweet: It’s not your short skirts fault, it’s his. Check out “Sexual Assault by the numbers.”<\/p>\n
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