Campus Launches Sex Safety Program
The UCSD Student Safety and Sexual Assault Resource Center has launched a new program, sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, to prevent sexual violence among university students by correcting students’ exaggerated perceptions about fellow students’ sexual activity.
The new program is aimed at bolstering rape prevention and sexual education and was based on a survey conducted last quarter that was sent to 6,000 randomly selected male and female students. The survey asked students to evaluate their own beliefs about sexual behavior and rape prevention and to compare them to those of the “typical UCSD student.”
“This new campaign will attempt to correct these misperceptions and share the healthy, positive behavior that is actually typical on this campus,” the center’s Director Nancy Wahlig stated in a press release.
