Spring Break
Officials warn against dating violence
By: Erin Wood
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: News
"In the college environment, a great percentage of non-stranger assaults involve alcohol," Jacobsen said. "It is important for students to understand that if one's judgment is impaired, a person cannot give consent."
Although many people picture a stranger as a perpetrator of a sexual assault, a high percentage of sexual assault victims are attacked by people in their family or by people they know.
According to the 1997 Bureau of Justice Statistics, 75 percent of all rape victims are attacked by an acquaintance, family member or intimate partner. This factor is what makes sexual assault such a serious issue in domestic violence.
Sexual abuse is a type of sexual violence. It is attempting or making sexual contact against a person's will or when a person is unable to give consent. Similar to rape, many victims do not report their attacks.
Physical abuse is another form of relationship violence. The Feminist Majority Foundation said that battered women account for 15 to 30 percent of emergency room visits.
According to Texas A&M Student Rules, physical abuse is "any attempt to cause injury or inflict pain; or causing injury or inflicting pain. Also causing physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative. It is not a defense that the person (or group) against whom the physical abuse was directed consented to, or acquiesced to, the physical abuse."
Unfortunately, many victims of abuse stay with their partner for emotional reasons, physical or psychological coercion, and/or financial stability.
Stalking is a type of emotional abuse that sometimes leads to physical violence, and can occur in any gender combination.
Stalking is interpreted based on the victim rather than the intention of the actor. It is any repeated conduct that causes a person to fear for his/her safety. This could include following, threatening, or intimidating another person or that person's family.
Although many people picture a stranger as a perpetrator of a sexual assault, a high percentage of sexual assault victims are attacked by people in their family or by people they know.
According to the 1997 Bureau of Justice Statistics, 75 percent of all rape victims are attacked by an acquaintance, family member or intimate partner. This factor is what makes sexual assault such a serious issue in domestic violence.
Sexual abuse is a type of sexual violence. It is attempting or making sexual contact against a person's will or when a person is unable to give consent. Similar to rape, many victims do not report their attacks.
Physical abuse is another form of relationship violence. The Feminist Majority Foundation said that battered women account for 15 to 30 percent of emergency room visits.
According to Texas A&M Student Rules, physical abuse is "any attempt to cause injury or inflict pain; or causing injury or inflicting pain. Also causing physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative. It is not a defense that the person (or group) against whom the physical abuse was directed consented to, or acquiesced to, the physical abuse."
Unfortunately, many victims of abuse stay with their partner for emotional reasons, physical or psychological coercion, and/or financial stability.
Stalking is a type of emotional abuse that sometimes leads to physical violence, and can occur in any gender combination.
Stalking is interpreted based on the victim rather than the intention of the actor. It is any repeated conduct that causes a person to fear for his/her safety. This could include following, threatening, or intimidating another person or that person's family.
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