Sexual Assault in Greek Life: A Literature Review

Abstract

An informative literature review covering various aspects of sexual assault within greek life on college campuses. The goal of the literature review was to find the best ways one could prevent this kind of assault entirely. Several questions are discussed such as, are drugs and alcohol the main cause of sexual assault within Greek life, are sexual assault prevention methods being taught correctly or with impartial bias, and what are the best ways to prevent sexual assault from happening within Greek life, what is fraternity culture and how does it influence sexism through a ‘pack mentality,’ how much more likely are women within sororities to be sexually assaulted than those that are not, how many sexual assaults within Greek life are reported and how many are not, is pornography a huge influence on sexually exploitive behavior, and what happens in the aftermath of sexual assault for the perpetrator and for the victim and how it relates to title IX.