{"id":648,"date":"2023-05-16T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/student-life\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:05:59","slug":"interpersonal-violence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/student-life\/support\/advocacy-center\/interpersonal-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Acts of Interpersonal Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-intro\">Violence and discrimination happens on college campuses throughout the world, including Winona State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advocacy Center of Winona can provide support for WSU students who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have been sexually assaulted, harassed, or violated in any way<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are in an abusive relationship whether dating, in an exclusive romantic partnership or family relationship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are noticing some potential red flags in a relationship and want to discuss them with someone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know or fear they are being stalked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n<div class=\"wsu-block accordion\">\n        <div class=\"accordion__item\" data-animation=\"fade-in-up\" data-animate=\"true\">\n        <button id=\"Dating_and_Domestic_Violence\" class=\"accordion__toggle\" title=\"Dating_and_Domestic_Violence\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n            Dating and Domestic Violence        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n            <p>If you have been hurt by dating, relationship, or domestic violence, it is not your fault and you are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Dating and domestic violence include a pattern of coercive, controlling behavior that can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>physical abuse<\/li>\n<li>emotional or psychological abuse<\/li>\n<li>sexual abuse<\/li>\n<li>financial abuse (using money and financial tools to exert control)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Violence and fear are never ok in dating or relationships. Between 1989 and 2018, 523 women in Minnesota have been killed due to dating and domestic violence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vfmn.org\/reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports by Violence Free Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to talk confidentially about your situation, please contact the advocate at 507.452.4440.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not ready to speak to an advocate, please consider completing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.winona.edu\/advocacy\/Media\/Dating-Domestic-Violence-Safety-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safety plan<\/a>\u00a0(PDF).<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion__item\" data-animation=\"fade-in-up\" data-animate=\"true\">\n        <button id=\"Sexual_Assault\" class=\"accordion__toggle\" title=\"Sexual_Assault\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n            Sexual Assault        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n            <p>Sexual assault is any sexual act \u2013from fondling to rape\u2014that is directed against another person without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors often feel shame or a sense of responsibility for the assault. This is simply not true. You didn&#8217;t deserve it. You didn&#8217;t ask for it. It&#8217;s not your fault.<\/p>\n<p>An advocate can listen and help you through this situation.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion__item\" data-animation=\"fade-in-up\" data-animate=\"true\">\n        <button id=\"Stalking\" class=\"accordion__toggle\" title=\"Stalking\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\n            Stalking        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainn.org\/articles\/stalking\">Stalking<\/a>\u00a0is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.<\/p>\n<p>This is harassing or threatening behavior that happens repeatedly. Such harassment can be either <a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.cuny.edu\/public-safety\/policies\/sexual-assault-and-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physical stalking or cyber stalking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are several indicators of stalking behavior:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Persistent communication such as phone calls, text messages, or emails, despite being told not to contact the victim in any form<\/li>\n<li>Waiting at or outside the victim\u2019s workplace, residence, or school<\/li>\n<li>Making threats against someone, or that person&#8217;s family or friends<\/li>\n<li>Repeated physical or visual closeness, like waiting for an someone to arrive at certain locations, following someone, or watching someone from a distance<\/li>\n<li>Manipulative behavior (for example: threatening to harm themselves in order to get a response to such an \u201cemergency\u201d in the form of contact)<\/li>\n<li>The persistent sending of gifts<\/li>\n<li>Defamation: The stalker often lies to others about the victim<\/li>\n<li>\u201cObjectification\u201d: The stalker derogates the victim reducing them to an object, which allows the stalker the ability to feel angry with the victim without experiencing empathy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<div class=\"wsu-block grid grid--33\">\n    <div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           OASIS Advocacy Center\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           \n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Gildemeister 110<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Office Hours <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mon-Wed: 10am-3pm (walk-ins)<br \/>\nThurs: by appointment<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           WSU Confidential Advocate\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           \n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <div>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:WSU@advocacywinona.org\">WSU@advocacywinona.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>507.452.4440<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A confidential advocate is available Mon-Thurs from 8:30am-4:30pm.<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           24 Hour Crisis Line\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           \n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <div>\n<p><strong>507.452.4453<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Always free &amp; 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