Chapter 15 Human Sexuality – Flashcards
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            Rape (forcible sexual penetration) committed by someone who is not known by the victim
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        stranger rape
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            unwanted or non-consensual sexual contact that occurs as a result of force or the threatened use of force, as a result of coercion (manipulation or pressure), or when the person is unable to consent or resist (i.e. intoxicated, asleep, unconscious, under the legal age of consent)
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        sexual assault
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            non-consensual oral, or vaginal penetration, obtained by force, by threat, of bodily harm, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent
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        rape
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            this number represents the number of rapes occurring annually in South Africa
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        600,000
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            this is how long it takes for a woman to be raped in South Africa
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        17 seconds
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            year in which 109,062 reported FBI rape cases  but luckily, rape has declined dramatically
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        1992
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            the year in which although rape was declining, the numbers are still too high. Thus, a woman was forcibly raped every 6 minutes
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        2011
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            these locations were reported in Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia
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        Lowest rates of rape
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            South Dakota, Arkansas, Minnesota, Colorado, Alaska
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        Highest rates of rape
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            women and men are directly asked about various types of sexual and non-sexual violence they may have experienced
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        victimization surveys
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            longest ongoing survey that is conducted twice each year and large numbers of US residents are contacted by telephone and asked about their experiences with both reported and unreported sexual assault (defined as rape, attempted rape, and forced sexual contact)
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        National Crime Victimization Survey
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            fraction of rape victims that never report their assault to police or other authorities
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        2/3
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            fraction of women that reported having been raped in 2011 by the NCVS
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        210/100,000
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            percentage of American women that have been the victims of of rape or attempted rape in their lifetimes
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        1 in 5 (20%)
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            percentage of high school girls that have been forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to
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        12%
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            cases reported to law enforcement
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        crime data
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            percentage of victims that were raped and under the age of 11
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        29%
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            number of 65 year or older people that are raped each year
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        3,000
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            this fraction illustrates sexual assaults that happen at home. Either at the victim's own home or at the home of a friend, relative, or acquaintance
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        Over 2/3
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            percentage of rapes that are committed by someone the victim knows
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        78%
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            (1) The relationship that exists between the rapist and the victim (2) The age of the Victim (3) The number of assailants
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        Types of Rape
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            a rape committed by someone who is known by the victim   atleast 90% of women know the victim
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        Acquaintance Rape
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            A type of acquaintance rape that is committed during a date or social encounter agreed to by the victim
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        Date Rape
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            situations in which physically or verbally coercive tactics are used to gain sexual compliance from another person
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        Sexual Coercion
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            a drug that has substantially increased that are "date rape drugs" and that are slipped into unknowing victims' drinks and prevents memory of any events including rape  the manufacturer now has changed the formula to cause the drinks to change colors
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        Rohypnol ("roofies") & Gamma Hydroxybutyrate
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            percentage of women who had experienced an alcohol-related sexual assault
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        1 in 5 (20%) women
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            taking advantage of a partner who is asleep or unconscious or getting a partner heavily intoxicated in order to have sex
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        Physically Coercive Tactics
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            making someone have sex, by pleading, becoming angry, verbally threatening to end the relationship, making the other person fell guilty for refusing, or continuing to persist in the face of the other person's objections
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        Verbally Coercive Tactics
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            approximate percentage of women have engaged in unwanted sex because their partners used verbal coercion
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        ~10%
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            saying "no" when they meant "yes" during sexual encounters
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        token resistance
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            agreeing to sexual intercourse when you do not really want to
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        compliance
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            percentage of women that have complied with a partner's sexual request when they did not want to
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        30%-50%
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            fraction of people who were on a date and drinking before the attack
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        1/2
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            wrote "The husband cannot be guilty of rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife. For their mutual consent and contract, the wife hath given herself up in this kind."
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        Sir Matthew Hale
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            doctrine that stated that marriage implied "a kind of generalized consent" from a wife to a husband's sexual demands and that behavior from a husband that resembled rape therefore was different from the actual crime of rape
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        marital rape exemption
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            Nebraska became the first state to abolish the marital rape exemption and other states followed
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        1970's
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            non-consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse  became a crime in all 50 states and The District of Columbia
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        Marital Rape
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            when the victim experiences forced sex as well as physical violence and coercive control for her spouse
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        Battering Rape (anger rape)
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            typically does not involve severe physical violence but the perpetrator will use force or coercion to obtain sex from an unwilling partner
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        force-only rape (power rape)
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            is much less common and is motivated by a sadistic desire to sexually torment and mistreat the partner to humiliate the partner to achieve their sexual goals
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        Obsessive Rape (Sadistic Rape)
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            percentage of married women who are victims of marital rape
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        10%-14%
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            rape in which a victim is assaulted by more than one attacker
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        Gang Rape
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            percentage of rape victims that are assaulted by multiple (two or more) assailants in the US
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        10%
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            laws that make it illegal for an adult to have sexual intercourse with anyone under the legal age of consent, even if the person consented to the activity
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        statutory rape (carnal knowledge of a juvenile)
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            protect teenagers who have consensual sex with other, slightly younger teenagers from being charged with statutory rape, as long as the two are within a certain age gap
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        Romeo and Juliet Laws
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            when 7 teenagers were arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl even though SHE CONSENTED. However she was mentally impaired and had an IQ of about an 8 year-old and thus could not fully understand her actions
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        Glen Ridge Gang Rape
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            fraction of female respondents, in Laumanns' 1994 survey, reported having ever been been forced by another woman into unwanted sexual activity   14% of female inmates being assaulted by another inmate
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        6/1,000
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            rape in which the victim is male
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        male rape
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            percentage of men that have been raped in their lifetime  (17,000 men in the US in 2011)
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        1.4% (1.6 million men)
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            (1) men tend to be raped by men  (2) men are more likely to be assaulted by someone they know than by a stranger  HOWEVER, male rape victims are more likely to be raped during their childhood
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        Male Rape Traits
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            percentage of gay or bisexual men report having been physically forced or coerced into unwanted intercourse, many by a partner
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        12%-40%
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            percentage of male prisoners report having been sexually assaulted at least once by another inmate during their incarceration  higher for gays (39%) & bisexual (34%) heterosexual (3.5%)  perpetrators usually heterosexual
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        4%
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            reported several instances in which men had been kidnapped by a woman or a group of women who then forced them (often with use of a weapon) to engage in sexual intercourse
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        Sarrel And Masters (1982)
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            percentage of high school boys who were forced to have intercourse when they did not want to
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        5%
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            often physical
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        Coercion by men
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            often verbal
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        Coercion by women
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            studies show that rapists are more seuxually aroused when listening to an audiotape of rape and less sexually aroused while listening to tapes of consensual sex
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        Rapist Stimuli
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            become aroused by rape stimuli involving violence and victim injury
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        sexual sadists
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            developed because of emotionally, physically, or sexually abused as children, were neglected by their caregivers, and/or were raised in a family environment that included abuse by the father directed to the mother. Also high levels of drugs and alcohol
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        Rapist Development
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            the ability to see things from the victim's perspective; something rapist lack
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        empathy
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            believing, for example, that their victims wanted to have sex with them, or deserved to be raped
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        distorted perspective
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            a character disorder that is very resistant to change
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        psychopathology
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            classified rapists according to whether their aim was aggression, sex, or sadism
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        Cohen (1971) Theory
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            describe three types of rapists: -power rapists -anger rapists  -sadistic rapists
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        Groth, Burgess, & Holmstrom (1977) Theory
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            commit premeditated attacks in order to overcome personal feelings of insecurity and inadequacy *use threat and weapons and gives them the sense of mastery and control  *seek to humiliate and degrade their victims through language and acts
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        Power Rapists
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            percentage that is estimated to be power rapes
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        55%
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            generally commits unplanned assaults in an attempt to express his hostility or anger about some wrong he feels has been done to him--by life or by his victim. anger is often directed to women in general
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        Anger Rapist
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            percentage of rapes that are anger rapes
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        40%
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            erotically aroused by physical force and derive pleasure from inflicting physical pain on their victims. For them to be sexually satisfied, the victim has to resist, if they don't, the perpetrate would torture or murder the victim
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        Sadistic Rapist
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            percentage of rapes that are sadistic rapes
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        5% (Groth)
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            rapists motivated by a desire for sex who rape impulsively when there is an opportunity  *get mad when victim resists  *only force is to commit the act  *account for majority of date rapes
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        Opportunistic Rapist
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            the traditional sexual script "supports and condones male sexual coercion against women and that this sexual script remains normative dating script in our society"
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        Feminist Theory
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            rape that is committed by soldiers, combatants, or civilians during times of war, armed conflict, or military occupation. Used to destabilize, displace, and terrorize a targeted community
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        War rape
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            proposes that rapists have distorted offense-supportive chemas about what women believe and desire and view women as sexual objects
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        Social-Cognitive Theory
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            assume that the inclination of men to rape is part and parcel of their evolved psychology. (Produced more offspring who survived to sexual maturity)
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        Evolutionary Theory
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            (1) Does not explain why men raped children, old women, and other men  (2) It generally ignores cultural and social learning influences
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        Evolutionary Theory Criticism
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            provided 6 predictors for whether sexual aggression will proceed; *sexual arousal *dominance as motivation *hostile attitude toward women  *aggressive attitudes toward women *antisocial personality *promiscuous experience
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        Malamuth and Colleagues
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            two interacting pathways that result in rape/sexual coercion
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        Hypermasculinity w/ hostile attitudes & Sexual Promiscuity
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            proposed a theory that integrates three casual factors: 1) brain development 2) social/cultural environment  3) personal circumstances
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        Ward and Beech (2008)
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            widespread mistaken beliefs about rape
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        Rape Myths
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            women who are raped usually provoked the attack by their dress and behavior
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        Myth #1
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            percentage of 7th-9th grade boys that believed that it was okay for a man to force a date to have sexual intercourse if she let him touch her above the waist
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        48%
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            women subconsciously want to be raped; no woman can be raped if she truly does not want to be
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        Myths #2 
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            women frequently make false accusations of rape
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        Myth #4
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            percentage of reported rapes that are false
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        2%-6%
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            a group of clinical symptoms displayed by many victims of rape; previously called rape trauma syndrome. It includes an acute phase (involving initial physical and psychological recovery from the attack) and long-term psychological reorganization (involving attempts to deal with the long-term effects of the attack and to prevent a future rape)
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        post-rape posttraumatic stress disorder
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            when rape victims are as if they were trying to deny that the rape had affected them in any way (may become expressive later)
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        Controlled Reaction
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            symptoms that the rape victim may experience including 1) restricted affect 2) detachment from other people 3) concentration problems
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        dissociative symptoms
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            the rape victim attempts to regain control of her or his life (including taking steps to prevent rape from occurring again) and may move or change jobs
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        period of long-term reorganization
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            support that conveys empathy, warmth, understanding, concern, and nurturance from the significant other & is the most likely to alleviate stress
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        emotional support
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            provide a specially trained counselor to be with the victim from the initial investigation through the prosecution
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        rape victim advocate programs
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            the use of this has substantially increased successful prosecution of rapists
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        DNA Evidence
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            percentage of rape victims who got pregnant after their attack  half are terminated by abortion
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        5% of rape victims
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            percentage that shows infection rates in rape victims testing positive for atleast 1 STI (women)
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        33%
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            percentage of STI''s among male sexual assault victims
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        18%
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            medical organizations recommend that all rape victims be treated with a variety of medications shortly after the rape
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        Medical Care after Rape
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            focuses on the rapist primarily consist of legal deterrents to prevent rape such as therapy for the rapist
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        First Approach of Preventing Rape
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            focuses on the potential victim; shows that women should not advertise that they live alone or walking alone at night. Second, it is recommended that women learn self-defense, being assertive and fighting back
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        Second Approach of Preventing Rape
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            focuses on social systems perspective; rape is caused by factors in the surrounding socio-cultural context that create an environment that is conducive to sexual violence (ex: (1) socialization processes that support the acquisition of rape myths (2) rigid gender roles that emphasize male aggression and female passivity (3) sexual double standards (4) peer group norms that promote exploitative attitudes toward women and the use of coercive sexual strategies)
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        Final Approach of Preventing Rape
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            a number that represents the amount of people that filed sexual harassment charges with the EEOC   84% women  16% men 20% reach meritorious resolution
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        23,000-30,000
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            experienced sexual harassment in the workplace in a lifetime
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        41% women & 32% men
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            unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute unlawful sexual harassment when (a) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individuals employment (b) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual,or (c) such conduct has the purpose or effect or unreasonably interfering with an individuals work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment
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        sexual harassment
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            when examining the particular workplace, would a reasonable woman conclude that there was sexual harassment that resulted in a hostile work environment
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        reasonable woman standard
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            bans discrimination in employment based on sex
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        Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964
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            subdivided harassment of women into 5 types:  (1) pressure for dates/relationships (13%) (2) sexual comments (28%) (3) sexual posturing (24%) (4) sexual touching (17%) (5) sexual assault (1%)
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        Gruber (1990)
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            women in the workforce that had been pressured to cooperate sexually in order to be treated well
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        12% (O'Hare & O'Donohue)
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            When there is unequal power such as employer-employee or teacher-student realtionships
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        When does sexual harassment occur?
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            percentage of female college students that have been sexually harassed by an instructor
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        30%
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            schools can be held liable for not taking action
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        Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972
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            nearly half of students grades 7-12 experience some form of sexual harassment (in person or online) girls (56%) boys (40%)
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        48% (sexual harassment)
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            did not report their harassment
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        50% of high school students
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            repeated and unwanted pursuit and invasion of one's sense of physical or symbolic privacy by another person who desires or presumes an intimate relationship
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        obsessive relational intrusion (Stalking)
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            percentage that was stalked by a current or former intimate partner
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        66% women & 41% men
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            percentage of victims who ever decide to take formal action
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        5% sexual harassment cases
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            percentages of victims of child sexual abuse in the US
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        10%-20% girls & fewer than 10% boys
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            many children experienced FEW long-term negative effects & that victims recall their experiences as having been positive or pleasurable
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        sexually abused children effects
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            refers to prepubescent children (13 years of age or younger) and the abuse has to be by someone who is atleast 5 years older than the child
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        "children"
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            unwanted sexual advance or being spoken to in a sexual manner, to an incident or indecent exposure,to inappropriate touching or acts of penetration
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        Sexual behavior
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            THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL DEFINITION. However, the central view is that the dominant position allows him or her to force or coerce a child into sexual activity. Child sexual abuse may include fondling a child's genitals, masturbation, oral-genital contact, digital penetration, and vaginal and anal intercourse. Child abuse is not solely restricted to physical contact: such abuse could include noncontact abuse, such as exposure, voyeurism, and child pornography
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        child sexual abuse
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            usually the molester is an adult known to the victim and very often a relative
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        Who molests children
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            those who have a primary sexual orientation toward children and are relatively uninterested in adult partners
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        preference molesters
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            those who have a primary interest towards adults and who consider their actions toward children, often done impulsively during stress, as abnormal
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        situational molesters
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            a condition in which sexual arousal is achieved primarily and repeatedly through sexual activity with children who have not reached puberty
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        Pedophilia
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            sexual attraction to pubescent children
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        hebephilia
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            concerns with whether this person is exclusively attracted to children
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        exclusive "true" pedophilia
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            whether they are attracted to both children and physically mature adults
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        non-exclusive pedophilia
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            men who are sexually attracted to male children
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        homosexual pedophiles (does not exclusively define sexual identity)
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            men who prefer female children
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        heterosexual pedophiles (does not exclusively define sexual identity)
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            men who are attracted to both male and female children
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        bisexual pedophiles (does not exclusively define sexual identity)
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            those who are attracted to female children often prefer girls who are from ages 8-10  those who are attracted to male children tend to prefer boys between the ages of 10-13
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        Pedophile preferred age range
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            attracted to children because he has never developed the social skills necessary to initiate and maintain a sexual relationship with an adult
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        personally immature pedophile
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            -in control
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        Pros for pedophile
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            -lacks social incompetence -unable to maintain stable relationship with an adult  -uncontrolable urge
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        Cons for pedophile
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            likely to engage in sexual relations in an impulsive manner, often with a child who is a stranger *normal adult sexual relations
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        regressive pedophile
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            not satisfied with just sex, but are aroused with inflicting physical injury and is fortunately the least common
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        aggressive pedophile (child rapists)
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            percentage of all child molestation cases that include physical harm to the vitamins
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        7%-15%
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            percentage of child molesters who themselves were the victims of sexual abuse of children
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        30%-90%
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            the child molesters truly believe that the act has positive effects on the children *few personality traits that coincide with pedophilia  *heterogenous group
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        Effects on children
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            approximate fraction of online sex offenders have also committed offline assault of a child
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        ~1/2
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            use the internet for mutual sexual gratification without direct physical contact (cybersex in chatrooms)
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        Cruisers
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            use the internet for passive self-gratification (viewing child pornography)
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        masturbators
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            ty to gain direct physical access to children
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        stalkers (dangerous)
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            use the internet to communicate with other pedophiles and trade information, porn, and child victims
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        networkers or swappers (dangerous)
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            married woman w/ 2 children with one of her births consisting of a teenage student
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        Mary Kay LeTourneau
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            percentage of youths aged 13-21 who were in juvenile prisons that were sexually abused while in custody, usually by female staff
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        12% (female perpetrators)
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            percentage of women who were found to have committed sexual abuse involving girl victims   20% of the abuse involving boy victims
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        5% (female perpetrators)
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            percentage of sex offenses are committed by women
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        4%-5% (female perpetrators)
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            typically an adolescent or young adult who molests out of curiosity (curious babysitter)
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        the experimenter
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            willingly participates in molestation with a male partner
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        the male accompanied molester
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            who passively participates in molestation that is orchestrated by a (typically abusive) male partner
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        the male coerced molester
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            has caregiving responsibilities for young children (cleaning, dressing) and who uses those responsibilities as justification for abuse
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        the nurturer or caregiver
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            has some form of acute psychosis
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        the psychologically disturbed molester
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            typically an adult in a position of authority and who views the sex as a consensual relationship between willing partners
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        the teacher or lover
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            molests children for sexual gratification purposes (like male sex offender counterparts)
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        the traditional offender
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            publishers and distributors of child pornography can be prosecuted for child abuse without requiring the prosecutors to prove that the material is obscene, thus avoiding arguments about First Amendment Rights.
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        New York vs. Ferber
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            year that court ruled that it was a crime to advertise and promote child pornography online
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        2008
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            where the abuse is frequent or long-lasting (e.g. penetration, force, threats, or violence) and where the abuser is a father figure (e.g. father, step-father, close neighbor, coach, priest, or minister)
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        Biggest harm in long lasting negative effects
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            fraction of all victims of child sexual abuse show substantial recovery during the first 12 to 18 months
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        2/3 (child molestation)
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            percentage of all abused female children that not only fail to improve over time but actually get worse   (as adults they experience drug and alcohol abuse and suicide attempts)
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        About 10%-24%
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            fraction of child victims that never inform their parents or another adult of the abuse
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        ~1/2 (child molestation)
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            percentage of all victims (sexual abused) report some amnesia
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        50%
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            sexual activity between relatives who are too closely related to marry
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        incest
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            he believed that close physical contact between two people during childhood naturally results in loss of sexual attraction
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        Edward Westermarck Theory
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            he believed that most people actually prefer close kin as mating partners   but interbreeding can lead to serious genetic defects in offspring
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        Freud Theory (1913)
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            she believed that incest rules are not aimed at close family members but instead are directed are more distant kin to keep wealth and power within the family
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        Nancy ThornHill proposal
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            theory that says the incest taboo exist not to prohibit marriage within the family, but is a rule obliging the mother, sister, or daughter to be given to others
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        Levi-Strauss "Alliance Theory"
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            in these families, there are both multiple abusers and multiple victims both across generations and within the same generation
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        polyincestous families
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            when sibling sexual activity occurs and the families are frequently found to be dysfunctional. like physical abuse and heavy use of alcohol
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        brother-sister incest
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            percentage in which they experience childhood sibling incest
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        ~12%
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            percentage that accounts for parent-child incest cases
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        10% (incest)
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            percentage that involves stepfather-daughter incest
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        80%
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            fraction of mothers that do not protect their daughters from incest
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        more than 2/3
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            rare; where the mother is the abuser
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        mother-child incest
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            page 428
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        "Effects of Incest on Children"
