Victims and Survivors by blogger Veronica from Southern New Hampshire university

There is a much more different approach to understanding and keeping up with college policies when it comes to telling the story of the sexual assault victim. With the particular passage of women equality and their being a big threat of sexual assaults and victimization on college campuses, so many law makers and advocates are expressing concern. The victims have found kinship with organizations that focus on their fight for equality but also find themselves in amidst of criticism that many of these assaults are hidden from other students. There is a link to bullying and suicide as well. There are so many students that find themselves unprotected and their rights violated after suffering from a physical or sexual attack. Many colleges are gladly taking action trying to seek out those responsible for many of these assaults, but there is still a long ways to go when it comes to the gaps between the attack and the arrest.

For instance, if a female college student reports an assault, and tries to come forward with her story is treated as a Pieria and a blemish in the reputation of the school. She will find her story mostly goes unheard. At the viewpoint of a victim who is a college student, the authority rationalizes what to do but, what would happen in the case of a male college student? Will his story be heard? Is there a promising inspiration for other male students to come forward? Believe it or not in time there will be justice made but the reaction time will be slower. This is why colleges have reached out to the victims and the media to get them involved in the progress, to politely end the long process and to encourage less fighting of teacher versus students or students versus students.

The need for victims and survivors is for victims to be victims no more and their cries for help never deserted. With all the added stress made due to the assaults there is no proper authority figure or support that lets each college student learn, study and live. With the thriving of the female student body, teaching others about their experiences can only lead to training of faculty members and their aggressive need for this compassionate training, while teaching those around them to be compassionate as well. Not only is there a remainder of an intrusion on a victimized student’s memory but there is still a lack of outlets for those college students to talk and inspire other college students to come forward. With the enforcement of new laws or policies on college campuses, the only difference now is that there will be a whole new focus on the survivor’s stories and the adequate need for suggestions and opinions.