{"id":560,"date":"2015-03-11T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/?p=560"},"modified":"2015-03-10T10:25:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T00:25:24","slug":"survey-on-womens-experiences-of-everyday-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/2015\/03\/11\/survey-on-womens-experiences-of-everyday-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey on women\u2019s experiences of \u2018everyday\u2019 sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI need a bodyguard just to go to the cinema\u201d: Women\u2019s experiences of \u2018everyday\u2019 sexual assault<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Have you been groped at the cinema or on the bus, or experienced unwanted attention in the workplace?<\/p>\n

Researchers at QUT\u2019s School of Justice are encouraging young people to share their experiences in a nationwide anonymous online survey on young people\u2019s attitudes to sexual assault.<\/p>\n

The survey is part of a larger QUT research project on violence against women \u2013 an issue which researcher Associate Professor Sharon Hayes says is becoming more and more noticeable in crime statistics, media reports and even first-hand social media accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis research is very timely if we are to address the current epidemic in assaults,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur project is looking at \u2018everyday\u2019 experiences of minor sexual assault or harassment as its starting point, with a view to investigating the extent of such behavior, and analysing the social and political contexts that allow and encourage such experiences to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Hayes said a friend of hers had recently used social media to share an account of being groped at the cinema.<\/p>\n

According to the plethora of comment on her post, the young woman was not alone in her experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost all her young friends and colleagues had stories of the same kind \u2013 from being groped in a bar or on the bus, to being forced into date rape,\u201d Dr Hayes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt caused them to commiserate and exclaim with exasperation about the state of the world and men they encounter on an everyday basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012) estimate around 17% of Australian women have experienced some sort of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

An Australian Human Rights Commission survey (2008) also indicated around one in three women aged 18 to 64 had experienced sexual harassment \u2013 the majority (65%) at work \u2013 ranging from suggestive comments and jokes to unwanted touching and rape.<\/p>\n

Dr Hayes said the Perceptions of Sexual Assault Survey was aimed at young people aged 18 to 26, but that anyone over 18 could take part.<\/p>\n

More information and a link to the survey is available on the project\u2019s Facebook page, \u201cPerceptions of Sexual Assault Survey\u201d.<\/p>\n

Professor Hayes said the survey results would be used to better identify \u00a0public attitudes towards sexism and sexual assault, and this would provide a starting point for addressing the issue in areas where women are most at risk.<\/p>\n

She can be reached on s.hayes@qut.edu.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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