April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual Assault can be an uncomfortable subject for some, but it’s a very important topic to learn about. The IU East Campus Library has many resources, including the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Resources Guide to help you understand what sexual assault is and the resources available to those who have been affected.
On diplay this month in the Campus Library are sexual assault books available for check out, that provide a variety of content. Easy access to more than 13,000 ebooks about sexual assault are available via ProQuest Ebook Central, EBSCO eBooks, and Gale eBooks.. Books that highlight sexual assault on college campuses include Campus Sexual Assault: College Women Respond by Lauren Germain, Campus Action Against Sexual Assault: Needs, Policies, Procedures, and Training Programs by Michele Paludi, Sexual Assault in Context: Teaching College Men about Gender by Christopher Kilmartin and Alan D. Berkowitz, and Perspectives on College Sexual Assault Perpetrator, Victim, and Bystander by Roland Maiuro (editor).
The IU East Campus Library provides streaming access to several documentary films on this important topic. Rape for Who I am (2006) offers insight into the lives of four South African black lesbians, raped because of their sexuality, who refuse to be victims, embrace their identity after their attack, and decide to publicly speak out against this hate crime while preparing for an annual Gay Pride celebration. In India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman (2013), 28-year old British-Asian Journalist Radha Bedo travels to India to uncover the reality of life for young women after a medical student was brutally gang-raped on board a bus in the capital of Delhi in December 2012 and later died from her injuries. The Invisible War (2012) exposes a rape epidemic in the armed forces, investigating the institutions that perpetuate it as well as its profound personal and social consequences. An estimated 30 percent of servicewomen and at least 1 percent of servicemen are sexually assaulted during their enlistment (by fellow soldiers).
IU East is dedicated to ensuring the safety of all of its students. If you have any questions or concerns about sexual assault on campus, contact IU East Deputy Sexual Misconduct & Title IX Coordinator Tracy Amyx, or access IU resources at the campus Title IX page, or Stop Sexual Violence. If you would like assistance locating reliable information resources, you are welcome to Ask US at iueref@iue.edu or click this button:
