PSY BEH 118D Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dating Abuse, Intersectionality
13 Jun 2018
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Sexual Coercion
• rape
o the impact of rape
▪ effects may persist for a year or more
▪ PTSD
o causes of rape
▪ cultural level to individual level causes
• cultural: hostility toward women
• situations where rape is more likely
• child sexual abuse
o patterns of child sexual abuse
▪ according to NHSLH 17% of women and 12% of men reported having had
sexual contact as a child with an adolescent (aged 14-17) or an adult
• girls: men
• boys: mostly men
• touching of genitals
• girls: 33% < age 7, 40% age 7-10
• family friends and relatives
• biggest myth of child about is that the dangers to children come
from strangers. in most cases, the perpetrator is someone the parent
or child knows, and is often trusted by the child and family
▪ sexual solicitation on the internet
• meets child online, sets up face-to-face meeting
• 18% girls, 8% boys received solicitation
o impact of child sexual abuse
▪ effects can be serious and long lasting
• re-traumatization by having to testify
• depression, anxiety, eating disorders, teen mothers…
• compared to non-victims, victims of childhood sexual abuse 1.5
times more likely than non-victims to have had serious health
problems in the last year
▪ most severe: intercourse, repeated, father
o the offenders
▪ pedophiles (child molesters)
• 27% attracted to boys, 47% to girls, 25% to both
• injury to developing brain one possible cause
• strong mental association between children and sex
▪ recidivism
• DOJ study: followed sex offenders for 3 years
• treatments for child sex abusers
• 52% recidivism for untreated; 24% for treated
• some wonder whether any treatments are successful
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