Respect Boundaries coasters are among the items inside bags passed out during the Take Back the Night rally on April 30. Nearly a quarter of female undergraduates reported non-consensual sexual contact since enrolling in college, according to a survey released Monday of 150,000 students on 27 campuses nationwide, including Purdue University. (Photo: John Terhune/Journal & Courier)
Nearly 22 percent of female undergraduates at Purdue University said in a recent survey that they had been sexually assaulted since entering the West Lafayette campus, according to a Purdue press release issued Monday.
That comes on the heels of a new report, released Monday, that found nearly a quarter of all female undergraduates reported non-consensual sexual contact since enrolling in college, according to a survey released Monday of 150,000 students on 27 U.S. campuses, including Purdue.
The survey, administered by the Association of American Universities in April and May, found 23 percent of females identified as victims of sexual penetration or touching by use of force or incapacitation. More than 24 percent of students who identify as transgender, genderqueer or non-conforming identified as victims of the same offenses.
Purdue students received information about the survey via email last semester, according to a Purdue press release. Data in the survey report do not differentiate Purdue from other universities.
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