What type and degree of social influence may be impacting this reported lack of understanding and awareness of sexual assault as a crime?
According to Sujata (2017) “The story of sexual assault and victimization through social media has, unfortunately, become commonplace. Between the universality of cellphones with cameras and the widespread cultural adoption of social media, victims are often trapped in a wrath of character assassination and name-calling long after their assault.” (Sujata, 2017). To make matters worse, victims often feel overlooked by the criminal justice system. Social influence impacts the lack of understanding and awareness of sexual assault as a crime, for different reasons. The first reason is that most people just think “oh it’s just sex”. Individuals has a lack of understanding and awareness because they see it just sex, and take for example date rape or acquaintance rape, if you are in a relationship with someone the victim may think its ok because they are with that person, therefore does not report it and the person doing it may not have an understanding that it is a crime, because they see it as being with that person, so they are entitled to it. Bartol & Bartol, (2019) states, “Victims themselves may not label the attacks as rapes or sexual assaults; when they do, they are often fearful of the consequences …show more content…
Some victims do not identify the experience as sexual assault, especially if the perpetrator is known to them or if physical force was not used. There are things that can be done to address the situation. Expand the awareness. Ellison (2017) recommends “Establish a consistent system to track and report sexual assault cases, including non-rape assault, that counts all victims regardless of gender or age and provides a method to estimate unreported cases.” (pg. 5). Provide public training, that way everyone is more
According to Sujata (2017) “The story of sexual assault and victimization through social media has, unfortunately, become commonplace. Between the universality of cellphones with cameras and the widespread cultural adoption of social media, victims are often trapped in a wrath of character assassination and name-calling long after their assault.” (Sujata, 2017). To make matters worse, victims often feel overlooked by the criminal justice system. Social influence impacts the lack of understanding and awareness of sexual assault as a crime, for different reasons. The first reason is that most people just think “oh it’s just sex”. Individuals has a lack of understanding and awareness because they see it just sex, and take for example date rape or acquaintance rape, if you are in a relationship with someone the victim may think its ok because they are with that person, therefore does not report it and the person doing it may not have an understanding that it is a crime, because they see it as being with that person, so they are entitled to it. Bartol & Bartol, (2019) states, “Victims themselves may not label the attacks as rapes or sexual assaults; when they do, they are often fearful of the consequences …show more content…
Some victims do not identify the experience as sexual assault, especially if the perpetrator is known to them or if physical force was not used. There are things that can be done to address the situation. Expand the awareness. Ellison (2017) recommends “Establish a consistent system to track and report sexual assault cases, including non-rape assault, that counts all victims regardless of gender or age and provides a method to estimate unreported cases.” (pg. 5). Provide public training, that way everyone is more