Jones Jori
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1 V4, Canada.
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada.
BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 May 7;3(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s44263-025-00163-9.
Sexual violence on higher education campuses represents a global public health crisis that threatens students' safety, well-being, and academic success. Despite increasing awareness and available supports, most students who experience sexual violence do not disclose their experiences. This perspective article critically explores the disclosure process through an intersectional lens, revealing how institutional barriers, systemic oppressions including racism, ableism, and transphobia, and power structures shape students' decisions to seek support after sexual violence. Drawing on firsthand insights as a social worker and researcher in a Canadian campus sexual violence support office, I explore the often-overlooked risk of further harm during or following disclosure. The discussion provides a globally relevant perspective on the shared challenges student survivors face across various cultural and institutional contexts. I challenge one-size-fits-all response models and advocate for transformative, student-centered approaches that prioritize student survivor choice, justice, and equitable care. By exploring the systemic impacts of disclosure and its nuanced complexities, this perspective contributes to global conversations on campus sexual violence and identifies critical gaps in research. It demonstrates how intersectional frameworks are essential to developing ethical, responsive, and empowering practices that reduce harm and uphold student survivors' agency. Ultimately, it calls for a fundamental reimagining of support systems that honor diverse student experiences, validate both disclosure and non-disclosure, and confront the realities of sexual violence in academic environments.
高等教育校园中的性暴力是一场全球公共卫生危机，威胁着学生的安全、福祉和学业成就。尽管人们的认识不断提高，支持措施也日益增多，但大多数遭受性暴力的学生并未披露他们的经历。这篇观点文章通过交叉性视角批判性地探讨了披露过程，揭示了制度障碍、包括种族主义、能力主义和恐跨症在内的系统性压迫以及权力结构如何影响学生在遭受性暴力后寻求支持的决定。作为一名在加拿大校园性暴力支持办公室工作的社会工作者和研究人员，我凭借第一手见解，探讨了披露过程中或之后经常被忽视的进一步伤害风险。该讨论为学生幸存者在各种文化和制度背景下面临的共同挑战提供了具有全球相关性的视角。我对一刀切的应对模式提出质疑，并倡导采用变革性的、以学生为中心的方法，将学生幸存者的选择、正义和平等关怀放在首位。通过探讨披露的系统性影响及其细微差别和复杂性，这一观点有助于全球范围内关于校园性暴力的讨论，并指出研究中的关键差距。它展示了交叉性框架对于制定符合道德、响应性强且赋权的实践的重要性，这些实践能够减少伤害并维护学生幸存者的自主权。最终，它呼吁对支持系统进行根本性的重新构想，以尊重不同学生的经历，认可披露和不披露行为，并直面学术环境中性暴力的现实。
