Sexual Violence
How do the causes and effects of sexual violence towards women affect our society?
Outcome:
Sexual violence is defined as a crime which involves sexual acts against someone’s will. This crime is not taken seriously in several countries, who don’t consider it as a serious issue. The most common type of sexual violence is rape, and the research is based upon this section. There has been a substantial increase in rape numbers following sexual assault against women. Pornography is a major reason behind rape and can be easily accessed by young adults. Women who are raped or sexually assaulted tend to go through physical and physiological effects. There were several key findings that inspire the way in which I produce the outcome for my research.
The relationship between rape and laws in several countries are not very strong. Studies from the American Medical Association (1995), show that sexual violence and rape particularly are considered the most under-reported violent crime (Wikipedia, 2013). In developing countries such as Afghanistan and India is one of the most common crimes against women, but in practice it is very rarely reported, because of the immense risks that women face if they report it (Wikipedia, 2013). However, if the incident isn’t reported the convict gains confidence to repeat the crime. Only a small amount of incident are reported because the women fear of the consequence which can occur due to the social stigma associated to being the victim of sexual crime, and, in particular, to losing virginity before marriage (regardless of how this happened) (Wikipedia, 2013).
The key finding that were found when researching on the rape statistics were that the rapist were hyper-violent or addicted to pornography (Wikipedia, 2013). Anger rape, power Rape and sadistic rape are the most common types of rape. Anger rape is where the aim of the rapist is to humiliate the victim (Wikipedia, 2013). Power rape is where the rapist asserts their competency
Outcome:
Sexual violence is defined as a crime which involves sexual acts against someone’s will. This crime is not taken seriously in several countries, who don’t consider it as a serious issue. The most common type of sexual violence is rape, and the research is based upon this section. There has been a substantial increase in rape numbers following sexual assault against women. Pornography is a major reason behind rape and can be easily accessed by young adults. Women who are raped or sexually assaulted tend to go through physical and physiological effects. There were several key findings that inspire the way in which I produce the outcome for my research.
The relationship between rape and laws in several countries are not very strong. Studies from the American Medical Association (1995), show that sexual violence and rape particularly are considered the most under-reported violent crime (Wikipedia, 2013). In developing countries such as Afghanistan and India is one of the most common crimes against women, but in practice it is very rarely reported, because of the immense risks that women face if they report it (Wikipedia, 2013). However, if the incident isn’t reported the convict gains confidence to repeat the crime. Only a small amount of incident are reported because the women fear of the consequence which can occur due to the social stigma associated to being the victim of sexual crime, and, in particular, to losing virginity before marriage (regardless of how this happened) (Wikipedia, 2013).
The key finding that were found when researching on the rape statistics were that the rapist were hyper-violent or addicted to pornography (Wikipedia, 2013). Anger rape, power Rape and sadistic rape are the most common types of rape. Anger rape is where the aim of the rapist is to humiliate the victim (Wikipedia, 2013). Power rape is where the rapist asserts their competency
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