Rape: Long And Short-Term Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse

Being raped is a death sentence for a young child. It is very traumatic and victims experience long and short-term psychological effect such as Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, sleep/eating disorders, emotional distress such as constant anger, flashbacks etc (Gluck, 2012, p.1). Child rape is associated with trauma- related shame and guilt (Aakvag, 2016). It has been shown that survivors take personal responsibility for the abuse. Child sexual abuse is frightening because it causes stress long after the experiences. When they grow up they find it difficult to establish interpersonal relationships because they face difficulties with trusting people (Ratican,1992).
It is extremely hard for the victims to recover from rape, it takes time and effort. Getting over rape means taking care of themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. Physical care includes exercise, diet, and sleep (Tracy,2012). On the other hand, emotional care is harder because they have to go through counseling and that plays a big part in rape recovery. There are many things for a counselor to consider when helping a survivor overcome long-term …show more content…
Rapist should receive extreme physical and psychological punishment. The punishments were currently have don’t fit the crime and are not providing justice for the victims. A punishment I would like to see is the judicial corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort” (Gershoff, 2002, p.2). Countries that use judicial corporal punishment today have significantly lower crime rates than countries that do not. When executed in public, corporal punishment provides a much better example than prison time. It deters crime effectively. Intense pain fills the offender with a desire to avoid pain in the future (Gleissner, 2011). However, the judicial corporal punishment should just be an addition to prison