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Appendix 1 > Study MaterialsTopic 3. Critical incident 2.Dan is an 18 year old student. One Saturday over Christmas, he and a group of male friends started drinkingin the pub at 4PM, watching a match on TV. They carried on and end up at a nightclub. He had approachedseveral different women in the club but they weren’t interested.Dan’s friends went to the takeaway after the nightclub, at 2AM, but he decided to back to his own flat. Dan hadconsumed about 10 pints that day, he felt steady on his feet but fairly drunk.On the way he met Isobel, a 21 year-old student. She was sitting on the pavement along a suburban street,and started chatting to Dan as he passed by. Isobel told him she had been out with friends, but had a row withthem and got upset. She had wandered off, now she wanted to go home.Isobel was chatty and in good form but was slurring some of her words. She knew she had been sick earlierbut didn’t remember how many drinks she had.Dan realised Isobel needed assistance. He said he would take her home. He helped her up, keeping herfocused and holding Isobel’s arm to keep her from stumbling.When they got to Isobel’s apartment, Dan found the keys in her pocket, helping her inside. Isobel said she wastired and not feeling well, and said goodnight to Dan. He said he would help her into bed. He lay down besideIsobel and they started kissing for a few minutes.Dan opened Isobel’s top, then took her hand and pushed it on to his penis to masturbate him. Isobel said no,she did not want to. Dan coaxed her on anyway, he started pushing against her, until he came about a minutelater. During that time Isobel had been saying no and trying to persuade him to stop.When he finished she told him to get out, Dan said sorry, that he got carried away, and left. Soon after, herfriends who shared the apartment arrived back from their night out. They found her crying, saying someonehad raped her.Follow-up questions1. What kind of night out did (a) Dan, and (b) Isobel, have on the night described?2. Dan realised Isobel needed assistance when he met her. What other options did he have that he mighthave taken instead of what he did?3. How plausible is this situation where two individuals meet up after a nightclub?4. How did Isobel refuse consent? How would she have felt when he persisted?5. The next day, how do you think Dan would have felt about what happened?6. What options might Isobel have to get support and report what happened? Which ones is she most likelyto select?7. If you were one Isobel’s friends arriving home, how would you think she could be best supported?74 Young People, Alcohol, and Sex: What’s Consent Got to Do With It?