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A Nova Scotia university that captured national attention over a student-led chant that glorified sex with underage girls is not alone in grappling with sexual violence, says a new report that also concluded there was widespread confusion about consensual sex.

Law professor Wayne MacKay, who led the three-month study, said one of the most distressing findings was that people at Saint Mary’s University and elsewhere don’t clearly understand what consent means when it comes to sexual relations.

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They may want to say no, they may mentally say no, but they may not at least clearly be verbalizing it

“Students, in particular, talked about it a lot being a grey area and confusing … so there’s a real need for education there,” he said following the release of the 110-page report in Halifax on Thursday.

“[There is] significant peer pressure for young women to be engaged in sex…. They may want to say no, they may mentally say no, but they may not at least clearly be verbalizing it, nor should they have to.”