CRJ 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Coercion, Date Rape, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
15 Nov 2016
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Defining sexual abuse: consent is a knowing and voluntary agreement to have sex. Affirmative language: abuse runs on a continuum from force to coercion. Coercion is non-forceful yet abusive means of obtaining consensual sex. Insistence or verbal pressure to engage in sexual activities and/or promising rewards or necessities in exchange for sexual activities. Is where a victim is physically unable to consent to sex. Dafsa: drug/alcohol facilitated sexual abuses (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t or resist. Date rape drugs: al(cid:272)ohol is the (cid:373)ost (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:862)rape drug(cid:863) (cid:449)ith up to. 2/3rds of victims consuming alcohol prior to the assault: comprehensive definition of sexual abuse: Any forced, coerced, or exploitative sexual act or activity: historical developments in defining rape. Bride capture earliest form of permanent mating relationships staked a claim to a women by raping her. Statistics on sexual abuse: of all violent crimes, sexual assaults are the least likely to be reported to the police.
