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34Zero Tolerance to Sexual HarrassmentNUS Women’s Campaign produced the Hidden Marks report in March2010. It revealed that 68% of women students have experienced sexualharassment while a student at their current institution.Many women students reported experiencing persistent harassment in pubs and club nights,and reported that this kind of behavior was seen as normal at such an event. However, it isn’tonly in clubs, it was revealed that 16 % of the incidents occurred in a learning environmentsuch as a lecture theatre or library.The NUS described sexual harassment as:• Unwanted sexual comments (including comments about your body or private life)• Unwelcome sexual invitations, innuendoes, and offensive gestures• Wolf whistling, catcalling or offensive sexual noises• Groping, pinching or smacking of your body, such as your bottom or breasts• Having your skirt or top lifted without agreeing• Someone exposing their sexual organs to you without consentCambridge University’s Students voted to pass a Zero Tolerance policy which CUSU nowupholds. Any student who feels that they have experienced sexual harassment should feelable to report it to the Women’s Officer in college, a tutor that they trust or Susy, the Women’sOfficer at womens@cusu.cam.ac.uk.