Sexual Coercion Flashcards
What is sexual assault?
Non-consensual bodily contact for a sexual purpose.
What was rape considered prior to 1983?
Rape was considered to be sexual penetration of a woman’s vagina with a man’s penis without the woman’s consent, outside of marriage.
What is sexual assault level 1?
Involves minor physical injuries or no injuries to the victim. It carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment.
What is sexual assault level 2?
Involves sexual assault with a weapon, threats, or causing bodily harm. It carries a maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment.
What is sexual assault level 3?
Results in wounding, maiming, disfiguring or endangering the life of the victim. The maximum sentence for this offence is life imprisonment.
What is stranger sexual assault?
Sexual assault by an assailant previously unknown to the person.
What is acquaintance sexual assault?
Sexual assault by an acquaintance of the person who is assaulted.
What is date sexual assault?
Common form of acquaintance sexual assault. Often a cognitive distortion of reality. No means no.
What are some coercive verbal pressure tactics?
Using alcohol and drugs to loosen a partner’s reluctance to have sex. Using obligations, expectations, guilt. Exploiting emotional and economic vulnerabilities, example is couch surfing youth.
What are some characteristics of sexually coercive men?
Lack of social skills, poor impulse control, substance abuse issues, high levels of hostility, holds out-dated views of gender roles, early history of behavioral problems.
What are two things that can be used to treat survivors of sexual assault?
Crisis intervention and long-term adjustment.
What are some types of abusers?
Usually a person in position of trust. Majority of abusers are male. Female abusers may go undetected.
When a child makes an allegation, what happens?
Qualified interviewers known how to interview children in an open-ended way. They keep the number of questions and the number of interviews to a minimum. They do not ask children to imagine sexual acts. They do not pressure children to respond.
When a child makes an allegation, what should a person do?
If unqualified, the person should let the child known that they did the right thing to bring it up, and that they will get someone who can help, and notify child protective services right away without questioning the child.
What is sexual harassment?
Deliberate or repeated unsolicited verbal comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that the recipient does not welcome.
