In recent years‚ people are becoming more aware that sexual assault is a growing problem on college campuses in the United States. A revolutionary study in the 80s found that 1 in 4 women on university campuses have been sexually victimized (Koss‚ Gidycz‚ Wisniewski 1987). Analyses on sexual assault on campus have all shown us that the phenomenon is pertinent across the grounds of all United States colleges and universities. When comparing the victimization rate of college students to persons of
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recently sexual assaults and violence have been pushed to the forefront of the national discussion. While colleges have always had sexual assaults‚ only in 1991 was the first sexual consent policy with affirmative consent put into action. It was met with pushback‚ with many thinking it was overkill and really served no purpose. Only later would we learn how badly it was needed and how it was even used a model for the California consent laws. Because of the increase in discussion of sexual assault
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INTRODUCTION Sexual harassment is not a new phenomenon. It has probably existed as long as both sexes have been in existence. Sexual harassment is harassment or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. It includes a variety of behaviors‚ including mild transgressions and annoyances to serious abuses‚ which also involves forced sexual activity (Boland‚ 2002). Males as harassers and females as victims are the most common types of sexual harassment (O’Donohue et al‚ 1998). Research on sexual harassment
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Should Sexual Education Be Taught in Public Schools? In 2008‚ studies show that 50% of all teenage girls in the United States‚ ranging from ages 14-19 became teen moms. This is the highest rate of teenage pregnancy since the early 1990s and it will continue to increase if there is no intervention‚ Sexual education should be taught in public schools because it could help avoid pregnancies and decrease the rate in STDs among the youths. Teenagers can get properly educated and be provided with accurate
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Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person In “Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person”‚ Thomas Mappes distinguishes between threats and offers. The main difference being‚ a threat has an undesirable consequence that would leave you worse off than you were in the first place‚ as opposed to an offer which would present a desirable consequence and leave you better off. Mappes gives a examples of threats in cases one and two. First case: Mr. Supervisor makes sexual advances
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IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION ON THE SEXUAL AWARENESS OF ELEMENTARY PUPILS I.INTRODUCTION The continuous debate the Catholic Church and the Department of Education on the issue of Sex Education is always a controversial discussion. The DEPED has been teaching sex education before as it was integrated in other subjects like biology ‚but this time the church is protesting a specific project of the United Nations Population Fund to introduce the subject in schools. Education officials insist that
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Sexual Decisions by Media By Brandon Nandalall Almost everywhere you look and hear nowadays is always something sexual. Music‚ Television‚ Commercials‚ and most definitely the Internet. We as teenagers are busy trying to fit ourselves in with what society wants us to be. So we buy a specific brand of clothing‚ rock a certain type of hairstyle‚ and listen to certain type of music. I hear friends talk all the time about their experiences in life. But‚ one conversation i’ve had with some friends of
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person under the age of sixteen is capable of giving their consent to a sexual act. Yet there is still people at young agese being involved in sexual acts by their own choice. This makes people wonder if the age of consent should be lowered as at this age the acts are already being preformed if it is legal or not. There are countries such as Canada‚ Germany‚ Italy and other European countries that the legal oafe of consent to sexual acts is fourteen and in these countried ther have fewer teenage pregnancies
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Child Sexual Abuse It can be very difficult to talk about sexual abuse and even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of children of all ages including infants happens every day. Sexual abuse of children has become the subject of great community concern. This is evidenced by the expanding body of literature on sexual abuse‚ public journals by adult survivors and increased media coverage of sexual abuse issues. According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)‚ an
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Professor Seaman Sexual Assaults on College Campuses Understanding Sexual Assault on College Campuses: An issue that should be taken seriously or just an exaggerated problem. In America‚ 1.3 women are raped every minute‚ 78 every hour‚ 56‚160 every month‚ and approximately 683‚280 women will be sexually assaulted by the end of this year. The attacker could be a perfect stranger or someone she knows‚ either way creating an emotionally damaging situation. The majority of sexual assaults are committed
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