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Snapshot Of CE Project And Expectations 3

Snapshot of CE Project and Expectations

Morolake H. Badom

An overwhelming number of women have faced issues of sexual violence which remains pervasive in modern civilization and culture. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s statistics indicate that 1 in 71 men and 1 in 5 women will at one point in their lifetime face sexual assault in U.S. This, therefore, strikes the need for education and counseling programs to assist rape victims. Sexual assault victims can be helped through a traditional therapy setting, with specialized agencies or one-on-one or in groups. (Chakaryan, 2018)

A report released in 2000, however, indicates that most survivors of rape turn to their friends for support during their recovery process. Confiding on friends alone, none the less isn’t very effective since most friends display emotional reactions that may affect their ability to offer proper support to rape survivors. In some cases, friends who are emotionally distant may not act properly while supporting the rape survivors leading to broken relationships, hence the need for a properly established traditional therapy setting with well-experienced counselors. (Chakaryan, 2018)

Mostly in U.S. college campuses, sexual assault is widespread and deleterious. The university housing resident assistants are in a unique position to support those who have experienced sexual assault. The resident assistants are required by the institutional policies to respond in particular ways to sexual assault disclosers, for instance, by offering emotional support to survivors and referring them to relevant resources. These responses to disclosures made by survivors may impact their well-being either negatively or positively. This then calls for not only training resident assistants to become effective first responders but also providing education and awareness to students and the general public on how to respond and assist rape survivors who at times may happen to be our close friends or relatives. (COURTNEY E. AHRENS, 2020)

References Chakaryan, H. (2018). Effective ways to approach sexual assault response. Counseling Today. Retrieved from https://ct.counseling.org/2018/07/effective-ways-to-approach-sexual-assault-response/# COURTNEY E. AHRENS, R. C. (2020). Assisting Rape Victims as They Recover From Rape: The Impact on Friends. sage journals. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626000015009004