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Takket

(21,578 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2015, 03:55 PM Jun 2015

U of Michigan survey: nearly 1/4 of female students are sexually assaulted

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/university-of-michigan-campus-survey-225-of-female-undergrads-sexually-assaulted/33752140

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -
The University of Michigan is reporting 22.5 percent of undergraduate female students who took part in an Ann Arbor campus survey said they experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual behavior in the past year.

Moreover, the survey found 9.7 percent of all female students -- 12 percent of female undergraduate students -- experienced nonconcensual sexual penetration during the past year.

Overall, survey results show 11.4 percent of the respondents -- both male and female students, undergraduate and graduate students -- report some form of nonconsensual sexual behavior during the past year. That unwanted behavior could include touching, kissing, fondling or penetration, according to the university.

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yikes................
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