1. CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS Presented by: Juan Rosario, Academic Counselor Education Opportunities Program and Dara Raboy-Picciano, LCSW University Counseling Center of Binghamton University

2. BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY’S SEXUAL ASSAULT EDUCATION PROGRAM Gender Specific Pre-Freshmen/Summer EOP Program Conception of Program three years ago Who are Our Students? Why We do this Program with Our Students What does the BU Program look like?

3. BINGHAMTON’S EOP SEXUAL ASSUALT PREVENTION PROGRAM THE ATTENDEES: One-third Latino/Latina American One-third African American One-third Asian American 7% Caucasian 90% from inner city and economically disadvantaged

4. THE MEN’S PROGRAM MODEL’S USED: Definitions of Sexual Assault and Consent based on models of Bret Sokolow and Alan Berkowitz Film from Men’s Program at William and Mary based on John Forbert’s model Discussion and consent scenarios Use of Peer Counselors in education who are from similar cultural and economic backgrounds Peer counselors provide follow up during summer program and freshmen year and may be first responders in the event of an assault

5. THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM Definitions of sexual assault and consent based on Bret Sokolow and Alan Berkowitz work Film, “The Undetected Rapist” and statistics from David Lisak, UMASS Discussion and consent scenarios Use of Peer Counselors in education who are from similar cultural and economic backgrounds Peer counselors provide follow up during summer program and freshmen year and may be first responders in the event of an assault

6. THE REALITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WOMEN’S RESPONSE: Only 27% of sexual assault victims thought of themselves as rape victims 42% who were raped said they had sex again with the men who assaulted them 42% of raped women said they expect to be raped again Statistics from “I Never Called It Rape,” by Robin Warshaw

7. THE REALITY OF SEXUAL ASSSAULT MEN’S RESPONSE: 84% of college men who committed rape said that what they did was definitely not rape 55% of the men who raped said they had sex again with their victims 1 in 15 male students reported committing rape or attempting to commit rape during the proceeding year Statistics from “I Never Called It Rape,” by Robin Warshaw

8. WOMEN OF COLOR AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: For every one African American woman who reports her rape, 15 do not (This # is 1 to 5 for White women) (Bureau of Justice Special Report, 2003) 40% of Black women report coercive contact of a sexual nature by the age of 18 (Nat’l Black Women’s Health Project) Approximately 19% of African American women reported rape in their lifetime (USDOJ 2006) 44.8% of African American women reported a history of childhood sexual abuse More than half of those women (61.5%) reported being raped as adults (Urquiza and Goodin-Jones, 1994)

9. WOMEN OF COLOR AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN: 60% of South Asian women spoke of being forced to have sex with their husbands against their will (Abraham. Violence Against Women, Vol. 5 No. 6, 1998) 6.8% of Asian/Pacific Islander women reported rape in their lifetime (USDOJ, 2006) Asian/Pacific Islander women are thought to report at a lower rate than other cultural groups due to cultural values that discourage disclosure (Women of Color Network Fact Sheet)

10. WOMEN OF COLOR AND SEXUAL ASSAULT LATINA WOMEN: 21.2% of Latina women are sexually assaulted which shows no significant difference with the non- Latina women at 22.1% (USDOJ, 2000) Latina women are more likely to report that a current or former partner raped them during their lifetime (Id) 7.9% of Latinas report being raped by spouse, boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend during their lifetime (Id) This is 2.2% higher then White women (Id)

11. WOMEN OF COLOR AND SEXUAL ASSAULT NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKAN INDIAN WOMEN: 1 in 3 Native American/Alaskan Indian women will be raped or sexually assaulted in her lifetime (Greenfeld, Lawrence A. & Smith, Steven K. American Indians and Crime DOJ, 1999) This is 3.5 times higher than for any other race (Id) 34.1% of NA/AI report rape in their lifetime (USDOJ 2006) 90% of Native American women in chemical dependency treatment are victims of rape and childhood sexual abuse (Henry, Tribal Responses to Violence Against Women, 1998) 9 in 10 of American Indian victims of sexual assault have assailants who were White or Black (Greenfeld et al, 1997)

12. COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND SEXUAL ASSAULT 85% of rapes on college campuses are acquaintance rape 42% of college women tell no one about their assault Nearly 1/3 of college men said they were likely to have sex with an unwilling partner if they thought they could get away with it Statistics from “I Never Called It Rape”, by Robin Warshaw

13. THE CONSENT GAME Scenario 1: consent: one form of sexual activity to another Scenario 2: consent and coercion Scenario 3: consent and incapacitation Copyright of Binghamton University

14. CHALLENGING IDEAS AND FACILITATING CHANGE Students know definitions from education programs they have in high school When given scenarios they don’t apply the definitions: blaming the victim is prevalent; protecting the male identity and cultural definitions of male and female roles Expecting or accepting a certain amount of violence in order to survive: “Don’t say ‘no’ so you won’t get beat up worse,” “there are no gentlemen where we come from.”

15. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS