COLLAB 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Arousal, Irregular Menstruation
23 Feb 2019
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Sexual assault: 1983 term rape was taken out of canadian criminal code. Feminist influence (act of power and dominance, gender neutral: sexual assault (no statute of limitations) One who is drunk, under the influence of drugs, unconscious, fearful, or under age is not able to give consent. Nonconsensual bodily contact for sexual purposes, involves minor physical injury or no injury. Perpetrator uses or threatens to use a weapon, threatens the victims friends or family, causes bodily harm to a 3rd party, or commits the assault with another person. Incidence in canada: 1993 2002 rates decreased by 36% In canada, rates of drug facilitated sexual assaults. Types of sexual assault: stranger sexual assault. Select targets that appear vulnerable (live alone, older or developmentally delayed, alone on street, asleep or intoxicated: acquaintance sexual assault, date sexual assault. Women who go to bars unspoken agreement. Problem: occurs in a context where sexual relations could occur: gang sexual assault.
