French-Speaking Universities: Rape Culture and Campus Controversies

french-speaking universities: A research team based at the Universit du Qu bec Montr al surveyed 9,284 people who work or study at six of the province's French-speaking universities, according to CBC. How recent campus controversies forced a debate about rape culture in Quebec They found that more than 3,400 respondents or 36.9 per cent reported being a victim of some form of sexual violence by someone linked to their university. The violence ranged from verbal sexual harassment to sexual assault. Among those who reported being victims, almost 42 per cent said they experienced two or three forms of sexual victimization. Thousands gather across Quebec to denounce rape culture For the general population, yes it's shocking. The lead author of the study, Manon Bergeron of the department of sexology at UQAM, said the prevalence of sexual victimization on campus wasn't surprising to her researcher team. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.