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Educating students in terms of what constitutes a valid consent is important, but it is also important to support the victim, ensuring that they are aware of resources. Respect the space of others as well as their wishes.
Incapasitation would definitely be a preferable departure on weekends, & Tammy nailed it on the withdrawing of consent in order to forgo any possible psychological trauma.
This section dealt with steps to protect complaintants for sexual harassment/violence prior to the institutions investigative conclusion.
As they say " It takes a village" and it is true and apt when it comes to the prevention of sexual crimes on campus. It is very clear that along with the Title IX Administrator and all the responsible employees of the institution it is imperative that everyone on the campus should not be just a "bystander" and let any sexual crimes happen and not act, but help the victim and the administrators. It is also very important to understand the psychological state of mind of a victim.
This shall facilitate trauma and post tramatic issues if this is acted upon immediately.
Consent... I think it is important for everyone involved to know that consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Is it a violation of Title IX to retaliate against a witness who testifies that the alleged sexual misconduct did not occur? While protecting a complainant who is a victim is important, strangely enough, so is protecting the being complained against. The Duke lacrosse team was abused publlically by people in the Duke community after the false complaint.
It is important that students be aware of signs a peer may be considering having unwanted sexual encounters with persons incapacitated by alcohol and/or drugs and be empowered to intervene.
I agree training on the signs is critical to stoping sexual violence, education is another way to help people and to show them what is going on out there is real and to not take lightly. To be aware of there situation and surrounding environment.
Sexual violence is an aware of problem. it will not happen to me. We as educators need to be on the lookout for problem areas. Training is the only way to have an idea, of what is going on out there, and on our Campus.
The two callouts that I see from this information is consent and online instruction application. Consent continues to be an evolving definition that deserves continual review and revision. Online instruction application of Title IX and VAWA requires deeper relationships with our students to ensure we build a safe environment.
It's important for the Title IX Coordinator to have background knowledge of the psychological effects of sexual assault in order to make and objective assessment.
It is important to educate faculty and students that VAWA crimes include domestic violence and dating violence.
Educating staff, faculty, and students about domestic violence, date violence, stalking, harrassment, etc., along with safety measures provided for on and off campus activities is imperative.
My biggest takeway is how consent is defined. It needs to be a very CLEAR understanding between two adults and consent needs to be explicit and not assumed.