![]() ![]() "If I'm asleep, you can't have sex with me." "Consent for one thing does not mean consent for everything." "I cannot consent if I am not conscious." Nielsen noted it is the statue of a rapist. What seemed like the loudest applause was for this comment: "A f-ing statue shouldn't feel safer on campus than I do," said one participant, referring to the statue of Thomas Jefferson, which is protected with video surveillance. "Rapists shouldn't be on this campus," added another, with each comment receiving applause. "Rapists should not be in any position of power on this campus," said another. "My rapist should not be in a leadership position on this campus," shouted a participant. Nielsen opened up the protest to participants to shout their concerns. "I want to come here to empower myself and others." "I've been harassed on the trail a lot," she said. She's using the protest to channel the fear toward something useful, she said.Ībigail Klapatauslaus, a freshman from Dubuque, Iowa, runs on the MKT Trail. "I'm afraid to walk home alone at night." 1 fear coming to college is being sexually assaulted," said Abby Ramirez, a Los Angeles freshman. Holding self-defense classes isn't taking action, she said. "I'm here to show it's not going to be tolerated on campus," Carovillano said. In 2018, a California man was sentenced to 90 days house arrest for raping a child. The sign didn't refer to a specific situation, but she said 90 days is a typical rape sentence. Kate Carovillano, a Kansas City junior, had a sign "I am worth more than 90 days. "You cannot stop as long as it is a problem." "This is not a one-time issue," Nielsen said. The conversation can't stop there, she said. "Do you want to make change on this campus?" "Are you angry?" asked Mackenzie Beaver with Mizzou It's On Us, a campus chapter of a national initiative to prevent sexual assault and support survivors. Multiple organizations participated, included Wildcats Against Sexual Violence. Students also called for change at Kansas State. One of the protest group's founders, 23-year-old Grace Reading, said she hoped that it would put pressure on administrators at different campuses to do more to protect students and support survivors. The demonstration, which was organized by a group called Strip Your Letters, was the fourth held at the school since a woman told Lawrence police last month she’d been raped at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house during a party. In Kansas, about two dozen people gathered outside of Strong Hall at the University of Kansas, the Associated Press reported. Anti-rape protests have happened in the past few weeks at Auburn, Northwestern, Utah and Loyola-Chicago, just to name a few. ![]() Campus sexual assault and rape is a problem sparking protests at college campuses nationwide. ![]()
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