Through the course of this essay about sexual assault, it will start by summarizing the content of the presentation, then linking and viewing the content through the lens of theories related to the course content, and finally suggesting ways to overcomes this problem in Educational context
The presentation started by defining what is sexual assault and the prevalent myths in our society.
‘’Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person.’’ Sexual Assault." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2015.
From the prevalent myths in our society that sexual assault is a synonym of rape. It is much broader aspect …show more content…
‘’Perpetrators are motivated by a desire for power and domination. "Like other forms of torture, it is often meant to hurt, control and humiliate, violating a person 's innermost physical and mental integrity." From Radhika Coomaraswamy. Threat for the empowerment is the methodology for the committer. Furthermore the perpetrators are in a complete set of mind of the damage falling on the victim. Moreover the reason for these criminals to commit this horrific action is to just satisfy their instinctive desire without any scruples. Sexual assault is not simply unplanned crime of passion. Rather, it is about exerting power over the victim to take away any control the victim has is this …show more content…
Recently, women have broken their silence by coming out and complaining about violence and harassment, and media took its position to raise awareness to the public. These 2 factors contributed in highlighting this type of crime, as well as raising awareness in the society regarding the manifest and latent function of sexual assault.
In Educational context, if sexual assault happen between a staff member and a students, and he/she has been convicted of an indictable offence, it will be reported to the ATA (Alberta Teachers’ Association), and the executive secretary shall refer the matter to a hearing committee, and if found guilty will be terminated. As per the criminal code section 271, if any person found guilty, he/she will be liable for imprisonment from not more than 10 to 14 years according to the case.
Teachers’ role is vial in supporting sexual assault survivors, starting from raising awareness in the classroom about the causes, consequences and different ways of support. Teachers should emphasis on the varies methods of support; starting from being a good listener, showing a sense of believe, honor the survivor autonomy, always remind them that it is not their fault , and most importantly to refer them to an organizations with specialized
The presentation started by defining what is sexual assault and the prevalent myths in our society.
‘’Sexual assault is any involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person.’’ Sexual Assault." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2015.
From the prevalent myths in our society that sexual assault is a synonym of rape. It is much broader aspect …show more content…
‘’Perpetrators are motivated by a desire for power and domination. "Like other forms of torture, it is often meant to hurt, control and humiliate, violating a person 's innermost physical and mental integrity." From Radhika Coomaraswamy. Threat for the empowerment is the methodology for the committer. Furthermore the perpetrators are in a complete set of mind of the damage falling on the victim. Moreover the reason for these criminals to commit this horrific action is to just satisfy their instinctive desire without any scruples. Sexual assault is not simply unplanned crime of passion. Rather, it is about exerting power over the victim to take away any control the victim has is this …show more content…
Recently, women have broken their silence by coming out and complaining about violence and harassment, and media took its position to raise awareness to the public. These 2 factors contributed in highlighting this type of crime, as well as raising awareness in the society regarding the manifest and latent function of sexual assault.
In Educational context, if sexual assault happen between a staff member and a students, and he/she has been convicted of an indictable offence, it will be reported to the ATA (Alberta Teachers’ Association), and the executive secretary shall refer the matter to a hearing committee, and if found guilty will be terminated. As per the criminal code section 271, if any person found guilty, he/she will be liable for imprisonment from not more than 10 to 14 years according to the case.
Teachers’ role is vial in supporting sexual assault survivors, starting from raising awareness in the classroom about the causes, consequences and different ways of support. Teachers should emphasis on the varies methods of support; starting from being a good listener, showing a sense of believe, honor the survivor autonomy, always remind them that it is not their fault , and most importantly to refer them to an organizations with specialized