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alien_from_Europa t1_j3wsx9k wrote

Reply to comment by thought_first in West Virginia students protest second day over reported sexual abuse incident by thedriverera

When I went to UMass Amherst in the early 2000's, there was a dark path that was nicknamed the Rape Trail because it happened so often there.

Edit: Here's a link about it. https://dailycollegian.com/2012/10/a-call-to-end-rape-culture/

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pataconconqueso t1_j3xbvxo wrote

I would guess most schools have a rape trail because it’s so common in a college environment.

My alma mater has one too.

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beerandblitz t1_j3xdo2k wrote

My alma mater at least spent the money necessary to have all their trails very well lit so hopefully that helps.

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pataconconqueso t1_j3xdwt3 wrote

Nah not really, my school did the same and even placed several emergency posts that would call the campus police and it’s not a deterrent.

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M_H_M_F t1_j3xhi06 wrote

Sounds like IC. Blue lights?

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pataconconqueso t1_j3xjtg1 wrote

Yes on the blue lights no on IC but this just goes to show how common it is in a college environment.

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M_H_M_F t1_j3xkeq2 wrote

Then a side question about your blue light system.

Ours was made so from one of the light poles, you could see at least 2 more. They recommended (I wish I was lying). Not staying at one of them, but contacting at one, and continue down a path, continuing to buzz as you pass one.

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pataconconqueso t1_j3xl2fp wrote

I don’t think we were given that instruction, but they are positioned that way along the trail.

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Existential-Ape t1_j3xn4b1 wrote

My college didn’t have a rape trail. But SAE had a rape room. Fuck those assholes.

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Swagaru t1_j3y7haw wrote

Is it really that common in a college environment?

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AlvinAssassin17 t1_j3zlrd3 wrote

It’s so common I was roofied at a party. Thank god I was 6’6 and 300 lbs because it hit me slow enough that I could find someone. It sucked and I was sick as fuck but at least the poor girl who grabbed my drink instead didn’t have the worst night of her life. Party was shut down so someone’s plans were at least put on hold

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M_H_M_F t1_j3xhfi8 wrote

Went to Ithaca College. They had on campus apartments that were at the top of the hill (IC Is built into a fucking hill). To walk there you had to walkall the way up past the highest most dorm buildings (the terraces, aptly named) and then either had an option, a trail dubbed the "rape trail" which cut throuh the back of the campus, directly into the apartments, or the long way through the parking lots...

They installed lights and now have a patrol.

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Spidremonkey t1_j3xpz46 wrote

There’s a path through a small tree-filled patch across from Landis Hall at FSU. For decades it wasn’t lit and got the nickname “The Rapegarden.” It is now very over-lit and has a fountain topped with three women with their backs to each other, keeping watch.

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