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Sexual
features editor JENNIFER STANLEY i
Victims of violence and sexual assault
will take a step toward breaking j
their silence Tuesday through Thurs- [
day when T-shirts hum USC's Clothes- t
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About 70 people participated in the j
project.
The project, which is a national 1
event, uses t-shirts as a way for men
and women to tell their stories and ere- ^
ate something out of their pain, said
Stacy Race, a sexual assault advocate
and volunteer.
The project is designed for survivors ;
of sexual assault, relationship violence,
ostracism because of sexual orientation
and incest to paint shirts. T-shirts are
also created in memory of someone who ?
died violently.
Diversity is what makes it so spe- *
rial," Race said.
Race also stressed the "very per- ^
sonal, individualized" nature of the pro- 1
ject. She said each participant is in a ?
different part of their survival. i
The atmosphere of the T-shirt paint- ?
ing sessions was supportive, Race said.
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One participant said her goal was
? create something eye catching.
"(I designed it to) scream out for people
to look at it in terms of their life,"
she said. If I make them think about
leing a survivor of sexual assault, then
[ truly painted it for a reason."
The woman who many say helps to
jive a name and face to date rape will
speak at USC at 8:30 p.m. Monday in
he Business School's Belk Auditorium.
Katie Koestner, a Public Policy and
Women's Studies graduate of the Colege
of William and Mary, will present
i program about sexual assault and ha assment
that includes a question and
tnswer period.
She will discuss her journey from
dctim to survivor, intertwining her stoy
with that of other survivors from
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Koestner, 26, has told audiences in '
46 states about her experience and survival
of a sexual assault by a fellow stu
aent at William ana Mary, since tnen,
she has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey
Show, NBC Nightly News and oth- |
er national news shows and publica- j
tions.
And in 1993, she finished a docud- I
rama called "No Visible Bruises: The
Katie Koestner Story" with HBO. The
RHA channel wiH show the docudrama
Wednesday and Thursday.
Koestner is a Virginia State trained L
and certified peer educator and sexual
assault counselor. She also influenced
Congress to pass the Campus Sexual |
Assault Victim's Bill of Rights in 1992. 1
Her goal is to reach as many stu- i
dents as possible while she is still young <
enough for them to relate to her as a
peer, a press release says. She plans to
attend law school and start a firm that '
specializes in expanding the legal rights
of sexual assault victims.
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One out of every four women will
ae the survivor of a sexual assault or
attempted sexual assault by the end
)f their college career.
Of these:
About 75 percent of men and at least
55 percent of women were under the
nfluence of alcohol or drugs.
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According to research, as many as
one-third of high school and collegeage
students experience violence in
an intimate or dating relationship.
An average of 36 sexual assault/relationship
violence cases have been
reported anonymously each year to
Sexual Assault Services since 1993.
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FACT FICTION
source: Rape Crisis Network
FICTION: The primary motivaion
for rape is sexual.
FACT: The primary motivation for
ape is to discharge feeling of anger,
contempt, hostility, vulnerability and
nadequacy. Sex is the means of discharging
those feelings and assertng
control, power and exploitation.
FICTION: Most rapes occur in dark
alleys or outside in public places.
FACT: Very few rapes occur outdoors.
Most occur in the victim's
borne, rapist's home or .an automobile.
Places of assault have ranged
from victims' own home to public
parks, cemeteries, beaches, shopping
mall, public restrooms, chinches, side
3treets and alleyways.
FICTION: Many reports of rape are
later found to be false.
FACT: The FBI has stated that false
claims of rape are no higher than that
)f other major crimes, or two percent
jf reports to law enforcement agencies.
FICTION: Rape is encouraged and
provoked by seductive dress and belavior.
FACT: Groth states "issues of provocation
really are ridiculous when one
ealizes that the victims of rapist include
males as well as females and
jccupy all age categories from infancy
X) old age" (Groth, "Men Who Rape").
FICTION: A weapon and the use of
ohysical violence is necessary to commit
a rape
FACT: While physical violence is
lsually threatened and might be
lsed, victims might be terrorized
>r intimidated into submission by
lie rapist's mere presence. As do perjetrators
of other violent crimes,
apists instill terror to ensure submission
and convey threats verbaly
and nonverbally.
MICTION: Rape is not as traumatc
for a prostitute as for virgins.
?ACT: This myth rests on the aslumption
that rape is sexual in naure.
In fact, the psychological siglificance
of rape has to do with loss
if power, control and personal inrasion;
these issues are just as relivant
for the sexually experienced
is for the inexperienced.
MICTION: Thought, training and
uanning, an individual can prevent
exual assault.
FACT: While individuals can reduce
heir risk of becoming a victim, sexlal
assault cannot be prevented.
FICTION: Most victims react hyserically
to rape.
FACT: Victims might experience a
vide range of emotions in the imnediate
hours following a rape infolding
feelings of humiliation, degralation,
embarrassment, anger,
evenge, guilt or shame.
MICTION: Men cannot be raped.
FACT: According to the FBI Uniorm
Crime Reports of 1982, one of
LO males will be sexually assaulted
>y someone they know by the age
>f 13. Male sexual assault might take
he form of fondling, sodomy and oral
sopulation.
FICTION: All males who sexually
ibuse children are homosexual.
FACT: According to D. Mann (1988),
i greater number of heterosexual
nales abuse children than homosexual
males.
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