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OUR PURPOSE

We are a coalition of Western students who want to make reporting incidents of sexual assault easier for survivors. Partnered with Students Against Sexual Assault & Harassment (SASHA), our goal is to provide a resource that is clear, easily-accessible, easily-navigable, and transparent.  
Our Partner:

Students Against Sexual Harassment & Assault (SASHA)

In wake of recent increases in sexual assault taking place within Western Washington University’s campus, our club aims to address the issue directly.

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HELPFUL

DEFINITIONS

Sexual Assault

Any actual or attempted sexual contact or behavior with another person without that person’s consent.

Sexual Misconduct

An umbrella term for the following types of sex discrimination—sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, and sexual violence

Consent

  • At the time of the act of sexual intercourse or sexual contact there are actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact

  • If a person is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless or impaired such that a reasonable person would believe the incapacitated person cannot understand the fact, nature or extent of the sexual situation, there is no consent

  • Coercion, forcible compulsion, or threat of either invalidates consent

  • Consent can be withdrawn at any time

Sex Discrimination

  • Disparate treatment or disparate impact based on an individual’s sex.

  • This includes sexual misconduct in all its forms—sexual harassment, gender based harassment, and sexual violence, as well as other discrimination that treats or impacts people disparately on the basis of sex, gender, or gender identity

Dating Violence

Violence committed by a person:

  • Who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and

  • The following factors are taken into consideration: the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship

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Sexual Harassment

  • Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature.

  • This includes unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors, or other unwelcomed verbal, physical, or cyber conduct of a sexual nature and can involve persons of the same or different sexes or sexual orientations

  • Sexual harassment also includes sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, stalking, sexual misconduct, and dating violence

Domestic Violence

  • Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury or assault, between family or household members

  • Sexual assault of one family or household member by another

  • Stalking of one family or household member by another family or household member

Sexual Violence

  • Physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person’s will or where a person is incapable of giving consent

  • A number of different acts fall into the category of sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, non-consensual sexual contact, non-consensual sexual intercourse, sexual exploitation, sexual battery, sexual abuse, and sexual coercion

ABOUT COMPLAINTS AND PROTECTION ORDERS


A complaint does not obligate a student to file a police report or interact with the alleged assailant. A complaint begins an investigation in which involved parties are met with individually. Students are provided with assistance during the investigation, e.g. modifying on-campus living and/or academic arrangements, and safety planning. An order of protection is an official court order that can stop someone from contacting, approaching, or harassing you. For information about protection orders, including documents and steps to file, contact CASAS, DVSAS, or the police.

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