Sexual Violence - Rozek Flashcards
What is sexual violence?
Any act (physical or verbal) which violates a person’s trust or safety and is sexual in nature
Use of force, status, intimidation, threat, substances, technology to attempt or perpetrate sexual violence
What is sexual assault?
What is sexual abuse?
What is sexual exploitation?
unwanted sexual contact where sex is used as a weapon of violence
use of psychological pressure to initiate sexual contact, may include repeated sexual assaults
Acheivement of sexual gratification through the subjugation of another person
What are the two things that define sexual violence?
Offense includes sexual elements
Act was non-consensual
What is the trauma response?
Response of the limbic system and brain stem that control reactions to traumatic events.
Fight
Flee
Freeze
How are hormones affected by psychological trauma?
How is memory affected by psychological trauma?
Increased production of cortisol, altered production of neurotransmitters
Highly sensory
Exists as fragments
Can not be retrieved
Triggered by unseen cues
What are the three types of stress?
How are they different?
Positive Stress- short-lived, promotes skill-building and self-soothing
Tolerable Stress- short-lived but more intense. Can be overcome, but may also progress.
Toxic Stress- intense adverse experiences that may be sustained. May permanently affect neural or psychological development.
What are the three trauma classifications?
Acute trauma- single event (EG being raped)
Chronic trauma- multiple traumatic events (EG being sexually abused for multiple years)
Complex trauma- exposure to chronic trauma and the psychological reaction to it
