“They Sit with the Discomfort, They Sit with the Pain Instead of Coming Forward”: Muslim Students’ Awareness, Attitudes, and Challenges Mobilizing Sexual Violence Education on Campus

There is limited literature on anti-sexual violence programming college campuses for historically underrepresented groups in the United States, including, and especially, Muslim students. This study will explore following questions: (a) What students’ awareness of sexual campuses? (b) are attitudes towards violence?, (c) challenges do survivors allies face A mixed methods analysis quantitative (n = 91) qualitative data 8) was utilized to understand impact advocacy campuses. Results demonstrate that women reported knowing more assault than men. Women also significantly higher levels disagreement with victim-blaming statements compared Qualitative interviews eight student leaders demonstrated campus, include Islamophobia, power struggles between groups, denial a problem, lack engagement from this highlight several key findings including (1) rape culture vary men women, (2) barriers facilitating systems oppression, (3) urgent need provide nuanced support minoritized youth communities