Sexual Violence Research Papers

Have you ever wondered how people could be so cruel as too taking advantage of someone & seeing no wrongdoing in there actions? A lot of sexual violence comes from people who have been hurt in there passed. Hurt people hurt people, people who are usually enforcing the pain upon someone may have been through a traumatizing experience themselves. In a person’s life after they have been sexualy assualted or abused they go through a time in there life where it affects their physical and their mental health. There is not just sexual assault towards women which is often mistaken because right away women are victimized as if they are the only ones who get abused which in most cases it isn’t true. If you may not know what sexual violence is, itś when someone forces or manipulates someone else into unwanted sexual activity without their consent. This could be with a spouse or anyone you know. It could be a family which as heartbreaking as it sounds it happens. It could be a stranger or someone you are even friends with. It happens to every and anyone such as a baby, a child, a teen, an adult, even the elderly. Forms of sexual violence consists of rape or sexual assault, child sexual assault or incest, intimate partner sexual assault, unwanted sexual contact/ touching, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, showing oneś genitals or naked body to others without their consent, masturbating in public, watching a person in a private act without their knowledge or permission. It's a known fact that often women are sexually assaulted more than men. 46.4% lesbians, 74.9% bisexual women and 43.3% heterosexual women reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes, while 40.2% gay men, 47.4% bisexual men and 20.8% heterosexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes. There is often times when it won’t be a man or female abuser, there may be times where a female will be abusing another female or a man abusing another male. These are very touchy subjects and often the victim says quiet. Many of the times women, men or children feel that it is their fault. If you get assaulted or if you find yourself in a state that you feel unsafe never pin it on yourself because it is not your fault. You may not know but rape is the most unreported crime that there is out there for the simple fact that most people who get raped don’t know how to go about their abuse or how to even talk about the abuse. Only 12% of children who have been sexually abused don’t speak out or report the abuse to any authority. Most of the times they won’t say nothing because it may be a family member or someone …show more content…
Meaning that even women or men who act out or are prostitutes should be targeted. Just because that’s their lifestyle doesn’t mean that they can be victimized or targeted. You never know maybe that’s all they could do. Another thing that people like to take advantage of, is that when someone is under the influence of alcohol or drugs that is not an invitation for sexual assault either. Sexual assault can occur in heterosexual or same- gender relationships. It does not matter whether there is a current or past relationship between the victim and offender; unwanted sexual activity is still sexual assault and is a serious