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Every Blue Jay

Can Stop Gender-Based Violence

About

Every Blue Jay works to confront gender-based violence in all of its forms at Westminster College. Taking a collaborative and trauma-informed approach, Every Blue Jay strives to develop appropriate campus policies and procedures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, to provide continuing education and skill-building in bystander intervention and violence prevention, and to increase access to support services for all Westminster students so that we may ensure that Every Blue Jay is equipped and dedicated to eliminating violence on our campus. Contact Every Blue Jay Project Director, Bettina Korte-Sweede at bettina.korte-sweede@wcmo.edu for more information.

Prevalence and Impacts of Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship used by one partner to gain power or control over another intimate partner. This can include physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, or financial abuse and/or reproductive coercion.

Sexual Violence

Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact that happens without the consent of the recipient. This can include rape, attempted rape, forced anal or oral sex, child molestation, incest, fondling, and coercing someone into sexual activity.

Stalking

Stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalkers use a variety of tactics, including (but not limited to): unwanted contact including phone calls, texts, and contact via social media, unwanted gifts, showing up/approaching an individual or their family/friends, monitoring, surveillance, property damage, and threats.

Know the Numbers

Domestic Violence impacts 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men.

It Can Happen to Anyone

1 in 6 women and 1 in 16 men have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous partner since age 15. 1 in 5 women and 1 in 20 men have experienced sexual violence since age 15. 1 woman per week and 1 man per month are killed by a current or previous partner.

And We Can Stop It

95% of campus sexual assaults are unreported. 90% of women know the person who sexually assaulted or raped them. At least 50% of sexual assaults on campus are alcohol-related. 50% of sexual assaults happened on weekends between midnight and 6 am.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2017-WA-AX-0036 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.