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As part of our commitment to your safety and well-being, Title IX aims to address the issues of sexual assault, as well as stalking, dating/partner violence, and harassament. We provide educational outreach and support services to any member of the CVCC family (student, faculty, and staff) regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Campus CSA's are trained to assist you with concerns and issues.
The following is a brief overview of behaviors that Title IX addresses and how to secure help if you or someone you care about encounters any of the situations.
Any sexual activity or sex act committed against one’s will, by the use of force, threat, intimidation, or ruse, or through one’s mental incapacity or physical helplessness is without consent. Consent is knowing, voluntary, and clear permission by word or action, to engage in mutually-agreed upon sexual activity. Silence does not necessarily constitute consent. Past consent to sexual activities, or a current or previous dating relationship, does not imply ongoing or future consent. Consent to some sexual contact (such as kissing or fondling) cannot be presumed to be consent for other sexual activity (such as intercourse). An individual cannot consent who is under the age of legal consent. The existence of consent is based on the totality of the circumstances, including the context in which the alleged incident occurred.
Examples include:
Mental incapacity means that condition of a person existing at the time which prevents the person from understanding the nature or consequences of the sexual act involved (the who, what, when, where, why, and how) and about which the accused knew or should have known. This includes incapacitation through the use of drugs or alcohol. Intoxication is not the same as incapacitation.
Physical helplessness means unconsciousness or any other condition existing at the time which otherwise rendered the person physically unable to communicate an unwillingness to act and about which the accused knew or should have known. Physical helplessness may be reached through the use of alcohol or drugs.
Any sexual act lacking consent from one or more parties, or which involves unwanted physical and sexual assault. Anyone can be a victim. Most victims know their perpetrators. It is NEVER the victim’s fault. No one “asks for it.”
Stalking refers to persistent, unwanted contact or attention by any individual that causes fear in another person.
Dating/partner violence refers to acts or behaviors in which an individual inflicts emotion, psychological, or physical harm to his/her intimate partner in order to maintain control.