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Many women unaware of risk of drug-facilitated sexual assault

The statistics for sexual assault are unsettling; the Department of Justice reports that one in five college women will be the victim of attempted or actual sexual assault during their college years. In a new study, researchers from two universities, including the University of Missouri, have found that college women often are unaware of drug-facilitated sexual assault and fail to recognize the risk of certain behaviors, including leaving drinks unattended.

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Women experience more sexual harassment in work groups with male

Despite common assumptions, new research suggests that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group.

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Eighteen percent of young women experience sexual victimization

Sexual victimization can mean several things - verbal coercion to have sex with an intimate partner, rape by a stranger, a woman fondled in a bar or forced intercourse when a woman is too intoxicated to consent or object.

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