PSY 3102 Lecture 11: Violence & Abuse

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3102
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

P s y 3 1 0 2 : l e c t u r e 1 1. V i o l e n c e & a b u s e. M o n d a y , m a r c h 2 0 , 2 0 1 7. V iol e nc e & ab u s e. The home is where most violence and abuse occur. Who survey: 15 to 71% of 24,000 women reported some sort of sexual or physical abuse by intimate partner (depending on country) Non-consensual sex: 24% peru, 30% bangladesh, 40% s. africa o o. Africa: if you take a young woman"s virginity you will not get hiv (increased instances of rape) ~5,000 women are murdered in honour killings in various countries. Doj found that 17. 6% of women reported sexual assaults and 22. 1% (vs. 7. 4% of men) reported abuse from an intimate partner. ~1. 3 million women and 850,000 men report assaults by intimate partner.