This year’s Sex in the Dark took place on Monday, in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists were made up of “sexperts,” who answered students’ anonymous questions about sexual health and relationships, according to the Student Health Services website.
Domestic violence has soared across the country in recent months. At BU, professors and sexual assault experts spoke about the growing prevalence of domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Colleges across the U.S. must overhaul their procedures for managing allegations of sexual assault on campus by Aug. 14 or risk losing federal funding. New rules from the Education Department lay out a mandatory process, at the same time bolstering protections for the accused.
As part of Boston University’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week, the BU Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center and at least six other BU organizations co-sponsored the screening of a documentary and a panel focused on masculinity and the #MeToo movement Tuesday night.
