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One in six American women have been victims of rape or attempted rape in their lifetimes. One in four college women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14. The risk of rape is four times higher for those aged 16 to 24 than for any other age group. One in nine Calvin women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14—and 90 percent of those victims were assaulted by an acquaintance. “This is an incredibly prevalent problem, nationally, globally and on Calvin’s campus,” said Sarah Ten Broek, a counselor in the Broene Counseling Center and a member of Calvin’s Sexual Assault Prevention Team (SAPT). The team will be sponsoring several events to raise awareness of sexual assault during April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Clothesline, ribbons and awareness April 9, 2009 One in six American women have been victims of rape or attempted rape in their lifetimes. One in four college women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14. The risk of rape is four times higher for those aged 16 to 24 than for any other age group. One in nine Calvin women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since the age of 14—and 90 percent of those victims were assaulted by an acquaintance. “This is an incredibly prevalent problem, nationally, globally and on Calvin’s campus,” said Sarah Ten Broek, a counselor in the Broene Counseling Center and a member of Calvin’s Sexual Assault Prevention Team (SAPT). The team will be sponsoring several events to raise awareness of sexual assault during April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. T-shirts with a message Clothesline Project logoOne of those events is the Clothesline Project, an event that features t-shirts about sexual assault made by survivors of
