I love Vice. Anyone who knows me knows that I hope to work there one day but when I came across Colleges Are Doing A Shitty Job Of Teaching Consent I began to think if it was the responsibility of the university to teach young adults the meaning of consent.

According to RAINN, 11.2% of all students (undergraduate and graduate) experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.

Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of female students and 5.5% of male students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.

Colleges are spending more on sexual assault and consent awareness. The author questions if going through sexual assault briefly at orientation is enough. With cases like Brock Turner's, it's imperative that we continue to have conversations about consent. College campuses should be a safe space for males and females alike.

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Consent should not be a word introduced during your freshman orientation at college. When you embark on your "faux adult" life at college, your knowledge of consent should not disappear. Lack of sexual assault awareness and rape culture is a societal issue. Parents should be having this conversation with their kids along with the "birds and the bees" talk.

If one day we're going make the mature decision to have sex, we need to cover every single aspect of sex. The consequences, safety, health, and most importantly consent.

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault the National Sexual Assault Hotline is 800-656-HOPE (4673). Someone is available to speak to you 24/7.

If you are a Stony Brook student and are seeking counseling services CAPS call them at (631) 632-6720 or walk into their office on the second floor of the Student Health Center. They're available to talk through any situation and provide you with the support you need.