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Festivals are a large half of the UK summer season calendar
Nearly half of feminine competition goers (43%) below 40 say they've confronted undesirable s3xual behaviour at a music competition, new analysis suggests.
Overall, 22% of all competition goers have confronted assault or harassment.
The most typical kinds have been unwelcome and forceful dancing and verbal s3xualised harassment.
YouGov surveyed 1,188 competition goers for the ballot, which additionally steered solely 2% of festival-goers reported incidents to police.
Earlier this yr, separate knowledge launched within the Crime Survey for England and Wales in February confirmed greater than 80% of victims of s3xual assault didn't report it to police.
Those statistics additionally revealed that one in 5 girls had skilled some type of s3xual assault since they turned 16.
The festivals YouGov survey, which was commissioned by the Press Association, additionally discovered that just one% of girls reported s3xual assault or harassment to a member of competition employees, both earlier than or after the occasion, though 19% of males did report their expertise to employees.
What to do if you're a victim or a witness of a s3xual assault or harassment at a music competition
Rape Crisis's Katie Russell spoke to BBC News with some recommendation:
"As a bystander, do as a lot as you may to have interaction the perceived victimremember that they might really feel humiliated and/or unempowered.
"Ask them what would they prefer to occur subsequent? Try to keep away from placing your self in rapid bodily hazard and use your judgement.
"Our recommendation can be related for a survivor in any circumstance.
"Try to be with somebody you belief, who can stick with you, somebody you may speak in confidence to.
"You may be in shock, so attempt to keep heat and hydrated.
"If you need to report it, what we would prefer to see is festivals working with specialist native providers, so safety employees are correctly skilled to indicate respect and empathy.
"They ought to have consideration if somebody needs to report (an incident) to the police and know the place the closest s3xual assault referral centre is.
"We'd like to see competition organisers inviting native providers to have a presence at festivals with preventative messages and knowledge on web site.
She says victims ought to know "it wasn't your fault" and factors out that simply because drink/medication are prevalent at festivals and there is a extra relaxed vibe, "none of those things mean you're partly to blame".
"everybody is entitled to enjoy themselves without worrying."
Regarding harassment, Katie used examples equivalent to "degrading language, or invading someone's personal space".
"Within friendship teams, present zero tolerance to your folks, calling out to mates who would possibly say stuff to bar employees that is making them really feel uncomfortable, for instance.
"Peer intervention can be powerful."
'Shocking however not stunning'
Tracey Wise, founder of marketing campaign group Safe Gigs For Women (SGFW), mentioned: "We have struggled to search out anybody with any particular statistics on this prior to now.
"It gives us something to show to festival organisers so we can say 'you need to take this on board'."
Jen Calleja, a co-director of the Good Night Out Campaign, referred to as the analysis "shocking but not surprising", saying it "helps prove what we already know through anecdotal evidence".
She added: "We know that the huge quantity of harassment and s3xual assault shouldn't be reported and we all know this comes right down to stigma, concern of not being believed and a minimisation of what harassment is.
"The idea we want to put forward is that harassment is everybody's problem, it's not just the person who is being assaulted," Calleja mentioned.
The ballot additionally discovered that 70% of those that skilled s3xual assault or harassment at a competition mentioned the perpetrator was a stranger.
The survey was carried out on-line between June four and 6 2018. The figures have been weighted and are consultant of all GB adults.
Paul Reed, chief government of the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), mentioned festivals "have a duty to make their events as safe and secure and enjoyable" as doable, however that some accountability additionally lies with competition goers to report issues.
"People shouldn't feel that they need to tolerate the type of behaviour at festivals that they wouldn't tolerate in the street," he mentioned.
"If people don't intervene, then this behaviour becomes normalised," he additionally mentioned.
'I attempted to snicker it off'
Beth Granter, a 35-year-old marketing campaign supervisor with social community Care2, mentioned she was flashed by a man at Reading Festival when she was 17.
She mentioned she advised him to go away and tried to snicker it off.
"Laughing was a defensive strategy to de-escalate the situation," she added.
She mentioned she didn't report what occurred however felt susceptible for the remaining of the competition.
"I think this kind of thing happens more at festivals than in the street during the day, but I haven't seen any evidence that it happens more at festivals than in nightclubs. I have lost count of the times I've been s3xually assaulted in a nightclub," Ms Granter added.
'None of my pals mentioned something'
Another nameless victim mentioned she had been s3xually assaulted by her drunk then-boyfriend inside their tent at a competition.
"Even though there had been a scuffle and I was upset, none of our friends said or did anything. I think people are particularly disinclined to intervene in something they see as a 'domestic' row."
She added: "I've never been to a festival where I felt it was clear who I could talk to about s3xual violence or harassment."
"Specially-designated reps at a festival who are marked out as having responsibility for ensuring that people feel safe and supported would be helpful."
'Safer house'
The Press Association contacted 21 of the UK's greatest festivals to debate the brand new analysis on s3xual assault and harassment at UK music festivals and ask about provisions and coverage at their occasions.
Only 5 respondedGlastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Creamfields, Latitude, RiZE and Wireless have been amongst those who declined to remark.
Somerset Police recorded two incidents of s3xual assault, two incidents of rape and one incident of indecent publicity at final yr's Glastonbury Festival.
A spokesperson for The Green Man competition mentioned: "Stewards are positioned throughout the festival and are trained to report any harassment, or violence, to security to be investigated. Crew and service staff are also trained or advised on ways to report minor harassment, or violent behaviour or violence."
A spokesperson for Bestival mentioned: "We have a Harm Reduction protocol with Dorset Police and other agencies that is designed to address issues such as this."
Anyone affected by s3xual assault or harassment, at any time, can converse to somebody obtainable by way of organizations like The Survivor's Trust, Rape Crisis or Survivors UK.