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Texas State Sexual Assault Survey

By Davis Friedman
Dpf16@txstate.edu

SAN MARCOS, Texas - MC1313 conducted random interviews from Tuesday, March 27 to Tuesday, April 4 during students spare time in order to gain insight on how sexual assault is viewed and treated at Texas State.

Sexual assault was an easy topic get interviews for. People wanted to offer their viewpoint without hesitation on the matter when I asked and that helped for this to not feel so much as a survey.

A majority of the interviewees said they have experienced sexual assault in one way or another. Out of the majority, most had seen it occur to woman and little to none mentioned a case about a man being sexually assaulted. This is concerning, because woman make up the majority of the population here at Texas State, with 58% majority according to University Marketing of Texas State.
Connor Swain
Photo credit: Davis Friedman

A 21-year-old junior named Connor Swain said “I was at the Square with my friends, and my buddy's girlfriend was at the bar and got her [ass] slapped. She obviously did not give permission and my buddy hit him with a hard right hand.”

Karla Martinez
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Karla Martinez, a 21-year-old RA,  was on the other end of the spectrum and said "I constantly am grabbed at the square and I'm honestly just used to it by now.”

No woman should ever view sexual assault as a thing to “get used to” and should not be concerned or afraid to go out and enjoy themselves.

When asked “Do you believe Texas State does a well enough job of preventing future sexual assault?” many of the interviewees said “They could do more”. I believe that is always the case, there is always more than can be done in any given manner, but especially for sexual assault.
Wesley Higgins
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Wesley Higgins, a 22-year-old Journalism major, felt that Texas State could do a better job of updating students on sexual assault cases.

“They can make students who have a sexual assault record report to a database, kind of like how there's a database for child sex offenders. That way other students can get on it and look at the people and be aware and feel safer by spotting sexual assaulters.”

Not only is this idea easily doable, it is very logical. Assaulters can go by unnoticed by other students, simply because they aren’t aware of them. If Texas State were to implement a database that students can routinely check, it would deter sexual assaulters from attending our college out of fear of discovery and embarrassment.

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