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Final (10 - 13) Flashcards

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What is Rape?

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Nonconsensual sexual penetration of the body using physical force or the threat of bodily harm.

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What is Statutory Rape?

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In general, as defined by state laws, any sexual penetration by an adult of a minor child regardless of the minor’s consent.

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What are Date Rape Drugs?

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Powerful sedatives that render a rapist’s potential victim unconscious or otherwise unable to resist; also known as club drugs.

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What is Incapacitated Rape?

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A rape that occurs when the victim has been rendered unable to take defensive action, usually accomplished through the use of alcohol or date rape drugs.

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What are the 4 Guidlines for Rape Survivors?

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  1. Report
  2. Preserve Evidence
  3. Obtain Medical Care
  4. Seek Emotional Support
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What is Post Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

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A pervasive psychological and emotional reaction to atraumatic event experienced or witnessed (such as a war, natural disasters, rape, etc), including symptoms of anxiety, flashbacks, hyper-vigilance, irritability, nightmares and depression.

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What is Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)?

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The sexual victimization of a child by an adult or a significantly older child.

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What is a Pedophilia?

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Uncontrollable sexual compulsions involving children.

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What is Child Molestation?

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Any sexual act performed with a child by an adult or a much older child.

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What is Incest?

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Molestation of a child by a blood relative such as a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, brother or sister.

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What is Chemical Castration?

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Blocking the production of testosterone in repeat sex offenders through the regular injection of female hormones.

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What is Sexual Harassment?

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A pattern of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal and physical conduct that is coercive or creative hostile work or educational environment.

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What is Quid Pro Quo?

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Something given in exchange for a benefit or reward; with reference to sexual harassment, a situation in which a person in a position of power over another requires sexual favors in exchange for some beneficial outcome for the victim.

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What is a Hostile Environment?

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A distressing work or educational environment resulting from overt or covert sexually related activities or intrusions.

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Forced sex in marriage was not considered rape in the past. Not until _________ did the last of the 50 states include husband-wife rape in laws against rape.

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1993

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Prior to ________, husbands who forced sexual acts on their wives were exempt from rape laws, as wives were considered their husband’s ‘property’.

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1973

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Most rapists are known to their assailants. By far the most common types of rapes(aprox. _______) occur between a perpetrator and victim who knows each other through dating, friendship, or an intimate relationship.

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70%

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Studies have found that approximately ____% of women and ____% of men have been victims of a forced sexual act.

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22%, 2%

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What is Pathological?

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Any behavior seen as caused by sickness or disease.

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What is Compulsive Behavior?

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Any behavior, sexual or otherwise, that a person is unable to control regardless of repeated attempts to do so.

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What is Sexual Addiction?

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A term often used to refer to strong compulsive sexual behavior - more correctly called ‘hyper sexual disorder.

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What is Hyper-sexual Disorder?

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Usually defined as non-paraphilic sexual compulsivity,; an obsessive preoccupation with the compulsive need for sexual activity.

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What is Consensual?

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A behavior entered into voluntarily by all parties.

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What is Victimless?

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Harming no one, with the possible exception of the person performing the action.

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What are Victimizing Paraphilias?

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Sexual activity involving an unsuspecting, non-consenting, or unwilling person as the target of the atypical, compulsive behavior.

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What is Exhibitionism?

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Achieving sexual arousal and gratification by displaying one’s genitals to others without the victim’s consent.

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What is Frotteurism?

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Rubbing one’s genitals against a non-consenting person for sexual arousal and , typically orgasm.

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What is Sexual Sadism?

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Inflicting pain, injury, or humiliation on another person for the sexual gratification of the person performing the action.

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What is Sadomasochism?

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Sexual activities that combine sadism and masochism.

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What is BDSM?

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Sexual activities that combine bondage, discipline, and sadomasochism.

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What is Pedophilia?

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Uncontrollable sexual compulsions involving children.

Literally means: abnormal love

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What is a Pedophile?

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An adult, usually male, whose sexual focus is on children.

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What is Sexual Masochism?

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Sexual arousal and gratification that is associates with acts or fantasies of being hurt, humiliated, or otherwise made to suffer.

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What is Bondage?

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Being bound, tied up, or otherwise restrained during sexual activity; typically, a consensual activity.

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What is Autoerotic Asphyxiation?

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A form of sexual masochism involving depriving the brain of oxygen, usually through some form of strangulation or hanging, also referred to as ‘asphyxophilia’.

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What is a Fetish?

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A sexual preference for a non-human object or a body part that most members of a culture do not consider sexual.

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What is Cross-Dressing?

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Dressing in clothes traditionally associated for the opposite sex.

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What is Transvestite?

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A man who obtains sexual satisfaction by wearing female clothing.

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What is Transvestic Fetishism?

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The paraphilia engaged in by a transvestite, also called transvestic disorder.

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What is Transsexual?

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A transgender pers on who has transitioned or is transitioning from his or her biological sex to his or her self-identified gender through actions, dress, hormone therapy, or surgery.

41
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What is Transgender?

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Individuals who do not self-identiry as the gender that conforms to their biological sex, this is not considered a paraphilia.

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What is Incorporation Therapy?

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A treatment for paraphilias in which the paraphilic behavior is decreased or modified to acceptable levels but not completely abolished.

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What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?

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A therapeutic approach designed to gradually eliminate specific thoughts and associated behaviors that may be contributing to sexual problems.

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What is Aversion Therapy?

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Psychotherapy in which unwanted sexual behaviors and images are reduced by associating them with an unpleasant stimulus such as electric shocks or noxious orders.

45
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What is Covert Sensitization?

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A type of aversion therapy in which, instead of actual shocks or bad orders, the client is repeatedly fantasizes the unwanted behavior and adds an extremely aversive event to the fantasy.

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What is Orgasmic Reconditioning?

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A type of therapy for paraphilias in which a person is conditioned to become aroused and have orgasm in socially acceptable settings that bear no resemblance to the paraphilia.

47
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One of the earliest written accounts of the unusual behaviors known as paraphilias dates back to the late ______.

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1800s

Richard von Kraft-Ebing published his 600 page book, Psychopathia Sexualis.

237 case studies of atypical sexual activities

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In professional practice, a sexual behavior may be diagnosed as a paraphilia if the person has experienced _______, ______, _____ ________ _______, _______ _______, or behaviors related to the paraphilia for a period of at lease _____ months and the person has acted on those urges and the urges have caused marked distress or interpersonal difficulties.

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recurring, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, behaviors,

six months.

49
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What are the Commercial Sex Trades?

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Selling or trading sexual goods or activities for money or other items of value.

50
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What is Prostitution?

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Providing or receiving sexual acts, between a prostitute and a client, in exchange for money or some other form of remuneration.

51
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What is a Streetwalker?

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A prostitute who sells sexual services on the street, typically to customers who are driving by, soliciting sexual acts.

52
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What is a Call Girl?

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A prostitute who is contacted in private by clients when her services are desired and who generally charges more and provides a wider range of services than streetwalkers, such as servicing as an escort or offering overnight stays.

53
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What are Brothel Workers?

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A prostitute who works in a house of prostitution, such as a brothel, bordello, or massage parlor, and receives paying customers.

54
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What is a House Prostitute?

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A brothel worker who receives paying customers.

55
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What is a Gigolo?

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A male prostitute who is paid or otherwise compensated for providing sexual services to women.

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What is a Male Escort?

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A man hired by women as a companion, not necessarily for sexual purposes.

57
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What is a Hustler?

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A male prostitute who services male clients and employs professional tactics similar to those of female streetwalkers.

58
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What is Obscenity?

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Sexually explicit works that meet specific legal criteria that render them exempt from First amendment protections and may be declared illegal.

59
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Archaeological findings reveal prostitution one of the oldest professions. Discovered bath house and brothel from more than _____ years ago.

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2000

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