VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS OF A BRAZILIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

This article is the result of quantitative research that we conducted with four hundred undergraduate students of the Universidade Federal de Vigosa (UFV). The research was funded by the Dean of Education of the aforementioned university. Our aim in this paper is to interrogate, through arguments and empirical evidence, the statement of a renowned researcher that "rape is easily diagnosed." The evidence used to demonstrate that the diagnostic of this type of sexual violence may not be so easy was obtained from the empirical data of the research mentioned above, which aimed to investigate the violence practiced against undergraduate students, especially female students. The arguments used to inquire the above statement were obtained from the literature about the subject. It can be concluded that it cannot be stated without consideration that rape is easily diagnosed in the university environment.