Sexual violence and intimate partner violence

Question 1

What is sexual violence?

Answer 1

any sexual activity where consent is not obtained or freely given.

Question 2

What are sexual violence myths?

Answer 2

false beliefs that are widely held, and that serve to justify sexual aggression

Question 3

What are the incidences of sexual violence?

Answer 3

20% of women have been raped, 13% have experienced sexual coercion, 27% of women have experienced unwanted sexual contact

Question 4

What is myth #1 and stats?

Answer 4

all rapists are strangers, false because most women have been raped by people they know

Question 5

What is myth #2 and stats?

Answer 5

husbands cant rape their wives false because women are victims of being raped by an intimate partner

Question 6

What is myth #3 and stats?

Answer 6

men cant be rape false because most men have been raped in their lifetime; most rapes occur before the age of 10

Question 7

What is myth #4 and stats?

Answer 7

women lie about rape. true because there are reported rapes that are actually false

Question 8

What is myth #5 ?

Answer 8

women asked to be raped

Question 9

What is myth #6?

Answer 9

women could avoid rape if they wanted to

Question 10

What are the reportings of rape ?

Answer 10

40 get reported to police, 10 lead to arrests, 8 get prosecuted, 4 lead to a felony conviction, 3 rapists will spend even a single day in prison.

Question 11

What is primary prevention?

Answer 11

preventing sexual, domestic violence before it even occurs.

Question 12

What is the social ecological model of primary prevention, the guidelines?

Answer 12

that prevention strategies should come from all levels societal, community, relationship, and individual

Question 13

What is the individual level factors?

Answer 13

relationship to a persons knowledge, attitudes, behavior, history, demographics, and biology

Question 14

What is the relationship level strategies?

Answer 14

influence of parents, siblings, peers, and intimate partners.

Question 15

What is the community level strategies?

Answer 15

norms, customs, or experience with local institutions

Question 16

What is the societal level strategies?

Answer 16

broad social forces, public policy ex. inequalities, oppression.

Question 17

What are the risk factors to prevent sexual violence, intimate partner violence?

Answer 17

increase the likelihood of it occurring

Question 18

What are the protective factors to prevent sexual violence, intimate partner violence?

Answer 18

decrease the likelihood of it occurring