Sexual assault and rape are issues that affect a large number students – but a recent study found that many male students are unaware of what rape actually is.
In a study led by professor Sarah Edwards and published in Violence and Gender, 86 straight male American college students filled in several different surveys and were asked to self-report their likelihood to engage in certain types of sexual behaviour – including forcing a female to do something sexual she does not want to, and rape – ”if nobody would ever know and there wouldn’t be any consequences”. One-third of participants (31.7%) said they would force a woman to have sexual inte
