Daily writing prompt: Q: How would you improve your community?
Answer:
By keeping sectors informed: April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, providing data on sexual assault assault within the Catholic Church, on campus, at West Point, in news offices, music industry, Hollywood, workplace and corporate world, other settings
For data on sexual assault in the Catholic Church, on campus, at West Point, in news offices, music industry, Hollywood, workplace and corporate world, other settings, please view the following studies, research, explanatory articles, and investigative reports:
SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Please view data at:
BBC Editors. “Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal”. British Broadcasting Corp., 6 Oct 2021. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971
(View by tapping site at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44209971 )
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
(in dorms, at parties or after parties)
Please view data at:
Miodus, Stephanie, MA, MEd, Samantha Tan, MEd, Nicole D. Evangelista, MS, Cynthia Fioriti, BS, and Monique Harris, MS, with contributions by the APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team (2023, June). Campus sexual assault: Fact Sheet from an Intersectional Lens. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/apags/resources/campus-sexual-assault-fact-sheet
SEXUAL ASSAULT AT WEST POINT (US Military Academy)
Please view the most recent public document and annual report released by the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon), 44 pages, documenting: 46 reports of sexual assault at West Point, 33 at Naval Academy and 52 at Air Force Academy
original linked here at: https://www.sapr.mil/sites/default/files/public/docs/reports/MSA/DOD_Annual_Report_on_Sexual_Harassment_and_Violence_at_MSAs_APY21-22.pdf
This is a PDF file, tap the link and wait a few seconds for the pages to pixelate: To view the Pentagon report on sexual assault at West Point and other military academies, tap: https://www.sapr.mil/sites/default/files/public/docs/reports/MSA/DOD_Annual_Report_on_Sexual_Harassment_and_Violence_at_MSAs_APY21-22.pdf )
Summary of the Pentagon report on sexual assault at military academies: “131 students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., reported having suffered a sexual assault during the 2020-2021 school year — the highest amount since the Defense Department began recording the data in 2005. There were 88 reports of sexual assault filed in the 2019-2020 academic year.
“The 131 sexual assault complaints surpassed the previous high of 122 reports of sexual assault at the academies in the 2018-2019 school year, which was also the first time the total jumped into the triple digits, according to the report. Of the reports in 2020-2021, 46 were filed by West Point students, 33 by Naval Academy students and 52 by Air Force Academy students, according to the report. Fourteen cadets and midshipmen also reported being sexually assaulted prior to joining the military service.” (Summary from the U.S. Department of Defense – authorized newsletter of U.S. military veterans, Stars and Stripes: Doornbos, Caitlin. “Sexual Assault Complaints at Military Academies Reached 16-year High in 2021, Report says”. Stars and Stripes US Military News, 17 Feb 2022. Retrieved from:
SEXUAL ASSAULT IN NEWS MEDIA OFFICES
Please view data at:
Cooney, Samantha. “A Timeline of Sexual Harassment Allegations at Fox News”. TIME, 2 May 2017. Retrieved from: https://time.com/4757734/timeline-sexual-harassment-allegations-fox-news/
SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
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Millman, Ethan. “Survivor Groups Call On Music Industry to Address Sexual Abuse”. Rolling Stone, 28 Feb 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/make-music-safe-report-survivor-groups-sexual-abuse-1234976725/
SEXUAL ASSAULT IN HOLLYWOOD
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Escandon, Rosa. “Sexual Harassment Still Prevalent In Hollywood Even After The #MeToo Movement, Survey Finds”. Forbes, 28 Oct 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2020/10/28/new-survey-finds-high-rates-of-sexual-assualt-in-hollywood/?sh=51924b6c3f76
SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE CORPORATE WORLD
Please view data at:
Johnson, Stefanie K., Ksenia Keplinger, Jessica F. Kirk, and Liza Barnes. “Has Sexual Harassment at Work Decreased Since #MeToo?”. Harvard Business Review, 18 July 2019. Retrieved from:
https://hbr.org/2019/07/has-sexual-harassment-at-work-decreased-since-metoo
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