GWST 4502 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotional Detachment
29 May 2015
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Legal language: employ broad definitions of sexual assault in order to take account of the range of sexual violations rather than restricting the focus to rape. (pg 93) Factors associated with sexual violence perpetration: individual, relationship, community, society (p 95) Drug- facilitated sexual assault: using a date-rape drug, to an unsuspecting individual. Highest rates among sex offenders charged by police are males 12-17 followed by males 18-34 (p. 95) A societal double standard around intoxicated women being more sexually availing making allowing their drinking to be the one being blamed for them being victims of sexual assault and reduces the responsibility for the male perps. (p. 96) Assumptions/myth: strangers in public places pose the greatest threat to women. Reality: males close to the women are usually the perpetrators. The canadian violence against women victimization survey estimated that 28% of women abused by an intimate partner had been sexually assaulted (p. 97)
