Sexual Violence
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Sexual Violence
Introduction
Sexual violence is a social, clinical and public health problem of the world that is not report even half of the time (CDC, 2011, Moran, 2008). The health and safety of women in the United Sates are threaten by sexual violence (Weitauf, Frayne, Finney, Moos, Jones, Hu & Spiegel, 2010). Most people may think that sexual violence is only committed by a stranger that lurks around in the dark jumping out of the shadows attacking someone. Sexual violence against women is most common. According to, Allsworth, Anand, Redding and Peipert (2009), approximately 25% of women have experienced some type of physical, sexual, or emotional violence during their lifetime.
Unfortunately, most people who are victims of sexual violence know their attacker. Sexual violence could be perpetrated by a stranger, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, spouse, ex-spouse, friend or even an acquaintance. According to the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, there are over 76% of women assaulted sexually were attacked by some that they had dated, lived with or even married to currently or in the past.
The writer of this paper choose the topic “Sexual Violence” because when the writer was 15 years old the writer became a victim of sexual violence her boyfriend. The writer also experienced physical & verbal abuse during the sexual violence. Not knowing any better the writer did not report what happened to anyone. The writer held on to this horrifying experience for a very long time thinking that it was her fault. It took almost 12 years before the writer realized that it was not her fault.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the topic of sexual violence. Sexual violence is defined by the Center for Disease and Prevention (CDC) as “any sexual act that is perpetrated against someone’s will” (CDC, 2011). Sexual violence ranges from a complete non-consensual sex act, an attempted non-consensual...
Introduction
Sexual violence is a social, clinical and public health problem of the world that is not report even half of the time (CDC, 2011, Moran, 2008). The health and safety of women in the United Sates are threaten by sexual violence (Weitauf, Frayne, Finney, Moos, Jones, Hu & Spiegel, 2010). Most people may think that sexual violence is only committed by a stranger that lurks around in the dark jumping out of the shadows attacking someone. Sexual violence against women is most common. According to, Allsworth, Anand, Redding and Peipert (2009), approximately 25% of women have experienced some type of physical, sexual, or emotional violence during their lifetime.
Unfortunately, most people who are victims of sexual violence know their attacker. Sexual violence could be perpetrated by a stranger, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, spouse, ex-spouse, friend or even an acquaintance. According to the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, there are over 76% of women assaulted sexually were attacked by some that they had dated, lived with or even married to currently or in the past.
The writer of this paper choose the topic “Sexual Violence” because when the writer was 15 years old the writer became a victim of sexual violence her boyfriend. The writer also experienced physical & verbal abuse during the sexual violence. Not knowing any better the writer did not report what happened to anyone. The writer held on to this horrifying experience for a very long time thinking that it was her fault. It took almost 12 years before the writer realized that it was not her fault.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the topic of sexual violence. Sexual violence is defined by the Center for Disease and Prevention (CDC) as “any sexual act that is perpetrated against someone’s will” (CDC, 2011). Sexual violence ranges from a complete non-consensual sex act, an attempted non-consensual...