Sexual Victimization In The United States

Within society, there is an engrained belief of what makes a person a legitimate victim and often their status as a ‘victim’ is questioned. This is especially true if the victim does not fit the typical stereotype of who is considered to be a legitimate victim. This is most widely illustrated in cases involving male victims of sexual assault.

In the 2009 hit “Blame It (On the Alcohol),” Jamie Foxx sings, “I hear you saying what ya won’t do/But you know we probably goin’ do/What you been feigning deep inside… Fill another cup up… You don’t even care now.” The first verse continues. Then, the chorus comes and goes. Ninety seconds of the song has passed. The chances are that in the short window of time in which the lyrics detailing an occurrence of nonconsensual sexual acts play, someone in America has been sexually assaulted. On average, there is a sexual assault in America every ninety-eight seconds (“Scope of the Problem: Statistics”). Legally, the United States Department of Justice defines sexual assault as “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit

Women tend to be the overwhelming victims of sexual assault and rape while men tend to be the perpetrators. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), one in five women and one in seventy-one men will be raped at some point in their lives. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of victims are women who have been victimized by men. There are two major forms of sexual assault, which includes non-consensual forced physical sexual behavior such as rape or sexual assault. The second type of assault is the Psychological form of abuse, such as sexual harassment, stalking, human trafficking, and indecent exposure and the targets of exhibitionism, especially children.

Sexual assault has no constraints as to age or gender, race, or incapacitation. The sexual action involved in an assailment can be unwanted physically contacting, prehending, and sexual intercourse. Women are more liable to be involved with sexual assault. “Examples of how woman are coerced into boffing includes being capitalized on by someone who has an form of ascendancy over them, manipulated into sexual activity against their will, and unable to give consent because one is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.” A sizably voluminous-scale study conducted on several college campuses found that one of every five women reported that they had been ravished in their lifetime. “The National Malefaction Victimization Survey estimated that one moiety of a million (or 500,000) sexual assaults occurred in the U.S. in one year, from 1992 to 1993. Of those assaults, about three of ten were consummated ravishes and an adscititious three of ten were endeavored ravishes.” After being sexually assaulted woman they may not accept what has transpired to them, this reaction is more mundane among women who are assaulted by someone they ken. Effects that women have after being sexually assaulted includes: Major Depressive Disorder, Exasperation, Shame/culpability, Convivial quandaries, Sexual quandaries, and Alcohol/drug use. Virtually all (94 out of 100)

and rape. Sexual assault and rape are words that are often used interchangeably but the terms have two distinct definitions. The United States Department of Justice defines sexual assault as any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Sexual activities that fall under the definition of sexual assault include forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape.

Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, someone is sexually assaulted. Of these approximately 248,000 victims, about 87,000 were victims of completed rape, and 70,000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4,315 pregnancies may have resulted from these attacks. Calculations based on the (National Crime Victimization Survey). Rape is often misunderstood. For one reason rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger, his motivation is entirely sexual, and the victim is always a young and sexy female. The truth is not all rapes are the same. The victim doesn’t have to be a young beautiful Female, older woman, men and kids get raped to. The victims, rapists, and motivation can be very different depending on the one committing

Although sexual assault events are complex, this researcher considered some of the common characteristics of these acts as determined through a statistical analysis of prevalent patterns of previous behavior associated with assault. Note that sexual assault occurs across all perpetrator and victim gender combinations, sexual orientations, and consumption or non-consumption of alcohol. The focus of the current analysis is by no means comprehensive, but it did examine statistically common elements among sexual and physical assault

It is necessary to recognize rape and sexual assault as the heinous crimes they are in order to increase public awareness and build a better support system for victims. Small solutions can help to resolve the problem. Media and news sources can bring an end victim-blaming by focusing instead on the rapists. If we hold the perpetrators accountable for their actions, we take an active stand against sexual assault and rape culture. Today, many areas of the world, including the United States, lack comprehensive education regarding rape because of a general unwillingness to discuss topics involving sex. As a result, an idea of sexual power and dominance persists in modern society despite being out-dated. Some believe that it is normal and even acceptable to exhibit the aggressive behavior present in instances of rape and sexual assault. Efforts to adjust the education system could have a profound impact on the way people view these crimes and their reactions to them. By presenting sexual intercourse as a consensual partnership, we can create a new environment. We can and must end the sexual objectification of people to bring about change and eliminate rape

The importance of addressing issues of sexual violence is necessary in order to prevent sexual assault. Addressing sexual violence means reducing the rate of victims created by the occurrence of sexual abuse. In addition, reducing economic burden (i.e., medical and mental health treatment services, confinement expenses, criminal justice expenses) in the community. Furthermore, aid in developing, maintaining, and enhancing preventative measures to effectively treat sex offenders and their victims to maintain population well-being. Many studies explored many avenues of understanding factors influencing the occurrence of sexual assault; from understanding victims and potential life consequences to offenders and their offending behaviors by exploiting sub-external components contributing to an act of sexual crime.

Multiple types of assault are experienced by women. Sexual assault could be any type of sexual act that is forced. This also includes attempted rape and child molestation. Any time a woman does not consent to the act, it is sexual assault. This assault includes voyeurism--which is when someone watches a private act--and exhibitionism--which is when a man or woman exposes themselves in public. Incest is also included in sexual assault (“Sexual Abuse and Assault”). Women are exposed to every type of sexual assault, whether they realize it or not.

Any behavior or physical contact of any sexual form that causes an individual to be uncomfortable is sexual violence. This occurs in situations whereby an individual is taken advantage of or is coerced, taken by force or by use of manipulation to participate in undesirable sexual acts. This can be in the form of acts of rape, incest or sexual abuse against children.

The author's choice of theoretical framework broadened the scope by adding homosexuality and sex to the minority category as oppose to the traditional female victims. In this research, minority will include: race, sex, gender, etc. This makes the research the first of its kind in minority sexual victimization. The framework also uses many secondary research sources to compare to the study. In the secondary sources used, the research studies explain the female heterosexual sexual encounters, physical domestic violence and unwanted pursuits. This study was used to compare the increase number within a heterosexual group but also, the susceptibility of sexual minorities and their encounters with unwanted pursuit, domestic physical violence and sexual violence. The main variables of interest in this study is sexual victimization amongst minorities on college campuses; minorities is conceptually defined to also include: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and

The classification of sexual assault and sexual harassment contrast within the law. The Coastguard wrote in their article, “The real distinction between sexual harassment and sexual assault is sexual harassment’s connection to the victim’s employment and/or work performance… Sexual assault is a crime against another person” (COAST GUARD). Sexual advancement towards somebody can be classified into three different categories, one extreme being rape, the classifications allude to the importance of the topic. The differences in definition become blurred to the public and commonly miscategorized. Though both of the grotesque actions harm people, physically and emotionally; however, most perpetrators of these actions are not condemned. These actions, either sexual assault or sexual harassment, occur frequently and in familiar areas, yet many people do aknowledge its prominence. For example, RAINN provides statistics when they state, “Every two minutes an American is sexually assaulted. On average there are 288,820 (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States” (Victims of Sexual). The statistics given exemplify how actions of sexual assault occur in the country around us though the fact of it becomes hidden to the public. The majority of the public would prefer not to converse about the topic at hand, no matter if

Sexual assault is when a person is being forced to do something sexual that they really don’t want to do. Which result in someone getting hurt from trying to fight there way out the situation. It’s not just touching when it comes to being sexually assaulted by being forced to watch someone else having sex or someone saying sexual things about you behind your back.

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse against a person without that person’s consent. Today, rapists are not being charged for a sufficient time. Sexual assault occurs in the everyday life and must be prevented. At least 1 out of every 6 American women has been a victim. Sexual assault is often viewed as a women’s issue rather than an issue for men or society as a whole.