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University Hospital Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner / Sexual Assault universityhospitalcincinn... | Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault: PsychLinks.ca psychlinks.ca | Sexual Assault Response Program (SARP) doylestownhospital.org | Same-gender Sexual Assault : SFRC & TTC sfrcc.org |
Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person. Although sexual assaults most frequently are by a man on a woman, it may be by a man on a man, woman on a man or woman on a woman.[1] Approximately one in six American women will be a victim of a sexual assault in her lifetime.[2] Largely because of child rape and an epidemic of prison rape approximately ten percent of all rapes are suffered by males.[3] While sexual assaults are associated with the crime of rape, it may cover assaults which would not be considered rape.[4] What constitutes a sexual assault is determined by the laws of the jurisdiction where the assault takes place, which vary considerably, and are influenced by local social and cultural attitudes. It has been said that sexual assault includes rape, forced vaginal, anal or oral penetration, forced sexual intercourse, inappropriate touching, forced kissing, child molestation, and the torture of the victim in a sexual manner.[5]
[edit] RapeMain article: Rape Perpetrators of rape may include, but are not limited to, strangers, acquaintances, neighbors, superiors, legal entities (as in the case of torture), or family members. Abbey et al. state that female victims are much more likely to be assaulted by an acquaintance (such as a friend or co-worker), a dating partner, an ex-boyfriend or an intimate partner than by a complete stranger.[6] In a study of hospital emergency room treatments for rape, Kaufman et al. state that the male victims as a group sustained more physical trauma, were more likely to have been a victim of multiple assaults from multiple assailants, and were more likely to have been held captive longer.[7] Studies have shown that the psychological damage is often particularly severe when sexual assault is committed by parents against children due to the incestuous nature of the assault.[8] Incest between a child or adolescent and a related adult has been identified as the most widespread form of child sexual abuse with a huge capacity for damage to a child.[8] [edit] See also
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