PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexual Assault, Psy
17 Dec 2019
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Rape: forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not give consent. Legal definitions differ from state to state. Ex: in some states, husbands are not prohibited from forcing their wives to have intercourse, although this has been challenged in several of those states. Actual number of incidents is not easily determined because of hesitance from victim. 60% of victims do not acknowledge that they have been raped, especially college students. Occurs most often in large cities, where it has been reported that 8 of. 100,000 women 12 and older raped each year. 11. 5% of college women reported the rape to authorities, and when it involved drugs or alcohol, only 2. 7% were reported. Men in prisons are especially vulnerable to rape, usually by hetero males who use rape as a means of establishing their dominance and power. Males are socialized to be sexually aggressive. And to view their own pleasure as the most important objective in sexual relations.
