Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Sexual Coercion, Paraphilia, Peer Group

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Statistics: in 1993, statistics canada conducted the violence against. 39% of women reported having been sexually assaulted by a man since the age of 16. The rate of sexual assault has been decreasing since the 1990s, but only 8% of victims report the crime to the police. 48% of university women reported having experienced coerced sexual activity involving pressure or force: factors that explain why sexually aggressive men misperceive women"s communications: Men tend to misperceive women"s warmth and friendliness as indicating sexual interest. Sexually aggressive men are likely to have a suspicious schema meaning that they generally believe that women do not communicate honestly, particularly when she communicates assertively that she"s rejecting them: date-rape drugs. Rohypnol (roofie) drug name for flunitrazepam, causes drowsiness or sleep and the man assaults the woman while she is asleep, and the drug causes the woman not to remember it the next day.