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Salem College is committed to maintaining a safe learning, living, and working environment for all members of the Salem community in which academic and professional excellence can flourish free from sex discrimination and sexual misconduct.
There are many types of sexual violence. The Salem College Student Handbook includes the following definitions (p.38):
Rape is penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Sexual assault is a form of sexual harassment that involves having or attempting to have sexual contact with another person without consent.
Sexual exploitation is taking sexual advantage of or sexually exploiting another person without their consent, such as the non-consensual videotaping of an individual engaging in sexual activity, the knowing exposure of an individual to a sexually transmitted disease, or the non-consensual observation of an individual engaging in sexual acts.
Sexual / gender-based harassment is behavior directed at a person of a sexual nature or based on their sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex / gender stereotypes, when that behavior is unwelcome and meets one of the following criteria:
Examples of conduct that may constitute sexual / gender-based harassment include, but are not limited to: threats that rejection of sexual advances or requests for sexual favors will impact the educational status of a student; physical assault based on gender identity; severe, persistent, or pervasive unwelcome comments based on the sex or gender of a person that interfere with their participation in school-related activities; a pattern of unwelcome sexually explicit statements, questions, jokes, or anecdotes in classroom or extracurricular activity settings; unwelcome touching, patting, hugging, or brushing against someone; unwanted remarks of a sexual nature about clothing, body, sexual activity, or previous sexual experiences.