Sexual Harassment 101 Unfortunately, sexual harassment in all its forms is common place in today’s society. In fact, according to Holly Kearl’s book Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, 87% of women have experienced harassment by age 19. Despite sexual harassment being a common issue, it remains complex and confusing[…]
In Phildelphia, during the late 90’s, controversy sparked over how the Philadelphia Police Department was mishandling sexual assault reports following the death of Shannon Schieber. Shannon became a victim of a serial perpetrator, sexually offending with impunity, because the Philadelphia PD were immediately dismissing numerous reports of sexual assault crimes by women, and classifying them […]
Sexual Violence in Saskatchewan: Who’s being assaulted? In 2017, we partnered with the Community-Institute for Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan to conduct a comprehensive study of sexual violence in Saskatchewan. Our research project examined instances of sexual assault among individuals in Saskatchewan, the context surrounding these assaults, the services used by sexual assault[…]
What is Sexual Violence? Sexual violence is a wide-ranging term that encompasses actions or expressions that are sexual in nature and targets a person’s sexuality, gender identity, or expression. Sexual violence crimes include unwanted sexual contact, attempts to obtain a sexual act, non-consensual sexual activity, unwanted sexual comments or advances and non-contact sexual experiences that[…]