I'm currently taking a sociology course and today we watched a short documentary on date rape. However, my roommate, whom I'm friends with, has now, several times, dropped hints/made allusions to being affected by it. She first said casually (as we were taking a break after the film) that she "wonder[ed] what kind of support groups there [were] on campus". She also stayed after class to talk to our professor alone. Later, as we were hanging out, she also mentioned that she "was almost crying" during the film.

Now, I'm not an idiot. Odds are she's alluding to some kind of sexual assault in her history. But I don't know how to breach this with her. This wouldn't be my first friend who had this kind of history. But I don't know how to bring it up, or if she even wants me to. I definitely don't want to casually say "so, when you said _____ earlier..." But if she wants to talk about it, I also don't want to unintentionally be an ass. What should I do?
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Being friends with a friend who says she's been affected by date rape, but I don't know how to bring it up.
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I'm currently taking a sociology course and today we watched a short documentary on date rape. However, my roommate, whom I'm friends with, has now, several times, dropped hints/made allusions to being affected by it. She first said casually (as we were taking a break after the film) that she "wonder[ed] what kind of support groups there [were] on campus". She also stayed after class to talk to our professor alone. Later, as we were hanging out, she also mentioned that she "was almost crying" during the film.

Now, I'm not an idiot. Odds are she's alluding to some kind of sexual assault in her history. But I don't know how to breach this with her. This wouldn't be my first friend who had this kind of history. But I don't know how to bring it up, or if she even wants me to. I definitely don't want to casually say "so, when you said _____ earlier..." But if she wants to talk about it, I also don't want to unintentionally be an ass. What should I do?
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Sociology student is watching a documentary and she has made allusions to being affected by date rape. I don't know how to bring it up
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