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Concerns About Women's Safety on the Sonoma State University Campus

by Brianna Hernandez
Five Sonoma State Students recently conducted research about the concerns and safety of women on the Sonoma State University campus. A total of 300 women were anonymously surveyed. The purpose of the survey was to find how safe these women truly feel and what can be done to improve the safety of these students. Although researches found that most women feel generally safe, results show that most of the women have experienced some sort unease on the SSU campus.
Throughout the United States there has been increasing concerns for safety on college campuses. There have been numerous issues regarding rape, sexual assault cases, clown incidents, and even death incidents all over the nation..

In the past year or so we have seen numerous incidents at Sonoma State University that has caused an increased concern for students and their safety. Recently, a group of five Sonoma State University sociology students conducted research on how safe students feel on their campus. Specifically focusing on women’s safety, 300 surveys were distributed with an intention to find how safe women truly feel. This survey gave students the opportunity to express their personal thoughts as well as experiences, also giving them a chance to give suggestions for improving a safer campus. Results showed that most of the women on campus felt safe. The survey results showed that 67.3% of women overall felt between ‘very safe’ and ‘safe’. 32.2% expressed that they were ‘somewhat safe’ and 0.3% of respondents reported that they did not feel safe at all.

The survey gave an optional response of different experiences where women did not feel safe on the Sonoma State University campus. Results show that 87.4% of women had found themselves in a situation on campus where they did not feel safe. These ranged from situations of verbal and sexual harassment, to encountering certain situations meanwhile alone on campus. Most all of the women had a suggestion to make Sonoma State University a safer place. More lighting around campus was high on the suggestion list as well as a more campus obvious security present. There is room for improvement at Sonoma State University for campus safety and supporting women’s feelings of safety.
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