1 in 3 WVU women surveyed report being sexually assaulted

 

February 23, 2017



MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Most students say they feel safe on West Virginia University's main campus, but 1 in 3 women surveyed reported being sexually assaulted, and ten percent of the female students responding said they'd been raped.

Unfortunately, these numbers are roughly standard for college campuses across the United States, and are most likely under reported, a leading researcher says.

The "climate survey" was sent electronically last spring to 30,470 students on the university's main campus in Morgantown. Of the 5,718 who responded, 57 percent said they were female and 37 percent male....



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