Warning Signs of Sexual MisconductTitle IX
General Warning Signs of Trauma
- Withrawn from work, class, activities, friend groups
- Sudden Isolation
- Depression
- Increased Anxiety
- Numbness or seem to be on "auto-pilot"
- Hypervigilant
- Sleep deprivation
- Avoiding certain places or people
- Sudden eradic reactions to certain sights, sounds, smells, and other sensory objects/experiences (could be triggering a flashback)
- Irritableness
- Increased interest or desensitation to violent imagery/stories or a strong fearful reaction to violent imagery/stories
Warning Signs of Sexual Assault (non-consensual contact and/or penetration)
- Someone grabbing another without their consent
- Overhearing inappropriate and explicit sexual comments or jokes aimed at an individual
- Someone stating they "hooked-up" with someone that is intoxicated or plan to do so.
- Someone testing another person's personal boundaries
- Someone showing uncomfortability to another's advances
Warning Signs of Intimate Partner Violence
- Seeing bruises on someone's body
- Someone changing their dress to cover up the body
- Hearing comments about someone’s partner being angry, controlling, jealous or someone making comments about exhibiting these behaviors to their partner
- Hearing comments about someone’s partner having control over money and personal items such as keys, cell phone, etc. or someone making comments about having control of their partner’s things
- Overhearing heated arguments
- Someone's phone consistently receiving call and/or texts from their partner "checking-in" or asking about their whereabouts
Warning Signs of Stalking
- Someone receiving unwanted gifts
- Someone showing up and lingering outside classrooms or offices
- Someone knowing an abundance of personal information about another that they would not have access to
- Comments about tracking someone on social media or that someone is tracking an employee or student on social media
- Overhearing comments like "They keep showing up uninvited" or "They will not leave me alone" or "They're obsessed"
Warning Signs of Sexual Exploitation
- Hearing someone blackmailing another with that person’s sexual past
- Hearing about or seeing video, audio, or pictures of a sexual nature without the consent of all the people in the video/audio/picture