This is about the college study claiming nearly 1 in 4 women experience unwanted sexual contact. Study the highlights below. Kissing is an unwanted sexual contact in the study? And classified as an assault?9-23-15 National:
CHAPEL HILL This week’s results from climate surveys at 27 U.S. campuses, including UNC-Chapel Hill, show that universities have more to do to prevent sexual assaults and to properly handle the cases that do arise.
For the first time, UNC now has data on its campus problem. About 5,200 UNC students – 18 percent – answered a detailed questionnaire last spring, as part of the Association of American Universities’ first campus climate survey.
The statistics showed that 24.3 percent of female undergrads who responded to the survey experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact during their time at UNC, from kissing to sexual touching to penetration; 12.5 percent said they were penetrated by force or during incapacitation by alcohol.
Rates for unwanted sexual contact were much higher for gay students who responded (22.8 percent) than heterosexual students (11.5 percent) in the survey.
