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3 decades before the #MeToo movement, UC San Diego led the way against sexual assault

When Nancy Wahlig started her fight against sexual assault, one company was marketing a capsule for women to stash in their bras and then smash to release a vile odor.

"Because of the very nature of society, the only person who can prevent rape is the woman herself," read a 1981 advertisement for the Repulse rape deterrent.

Ideas about how to prevent sexual violence have come a long way since then, and Wahlig has helped lead that evolution on college campuses. In 1988, she started the Sexual Assault Resource Center at the University of

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