Additional research and resources

How prevalent is sexual assault on college campuses?

A national survey conducted by the Department of Justice in 2007 revealed the following:

16% of college women surveyed reported surviving attempted or completed sexual assault before arriving on campus.
4% of college men surveyed reported the same.
26% of senior female college students surveyed reported experiencing attempted or completed sexual assault since entering college.
6% of all male college students surveyed reported the same thing.

Sexual assault can and does happen--even at places like Middlebury.

Additional resources and research

There are a number of national organizations that provide comprehensive information about sexual assault, including prevalence, prevention, and culture- or gender-specific information. This site also provides salient research in the field of campus sexual assault.

National sexual assault resources

A Call to Men: www.acalltomen.com

A national organization of men committed to ending all forms of violence against women.

The Faith Trust Institute: www.faithtrustinstitute.org/

An international, multifaith training and education organization that works to address the religious and spiritual issues of sexual and domestic violence.

Men Can Stop Rape: www.mencanstoprape.org/index.htm

This organization focuses on mobilizing male youth to prevent men's violence against women by building young men's capacity to challenge harmful aspects of traditional masculinity, to value alternative visions of male strength, and to embrace their role as allies with women and girls.

Men Stopping Violence: http://www.menstoppingviolence.org/index.php

Men Stopping Violence works to ending men's violence against women by dismantling belief systems, social structures, and institutional practices that oppress women and dehumanize men themselves.

Male Survivor: www.malesurvivor.org
An organization committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism.

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP): http://ncavp.org/about/default.aspx

A coalition addressing violence, including sexual violence, committed against and within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-affected communities.

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center: www.nsvrc.org/

The nation’s principle information and resource center regarding all aspects of sexual violence.

The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN): www.rainn.org/

The largest anti-sexual assault organization in the United States.

Rape Is: www.rapeis.org/index.html

A Web site created by the documentary filmmakers who produced a film of the same name, this site provides a wide range of information from a global perspective about rape and sex trafficking.

Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA): www.sisterslead.org/

A Women of Color-led nonprofit dedicated to creating a just society in which women of color are able to live healthy lives free of violence.