Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spring 1983, a peer counseling group named Response was formed to provide support for victims of molestation. "We filled a great need because there was a significant amount of rape and harassment on this campus, and there wasn't an organization specifically trained to deal with it," says co-director Judy A. Zachariasen...
Response has both drop-in counseling hours on the weekend and a confidential hotline. Nadja Gould, a clinical social worker at University Mental Health Services and supervisor of all peer counseling groups at Harvard, says, "Response has been invaluable in labeling date rape as such and helping women to recognize and give validity to their experience...
...three of Response's 17 hotline counselors field from one to two phone calls a night, and the counselors are often themselves survivors of rape or sexual harassment. One became involved after her roommate was date-raped freshman year. Another said her interest was prompted by a section leader who continually invited her on weekend trips. Both agreed that the majority of calls concerned rapes, and that the majority of rapists were other Harvard students...
...Unfortunately, most of the time it's not worth prosecuting because the incident happened too long ago, and there's just no proof," says counselor Lisa I. Backus '86. "If it's date rape or there's any hint that alcohol or drugs have been involved, forget about the Ad Board...
Attempts to heighten awareness about the statistics have begun recently. Some groups have peppered the campus with posters containing statistics on rape. Honnet is the coordinator of a recently formed committee, the Working Group on Peer Sexual Harassment, that is also trying to increase education on the problem...