sexual violence

(noun)

Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person's sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.

Related Terms

Examples of sexual violence in the following topics:

  • Sexual Violence

    • Sexual violence is any sexual act or sexual advance directed at one individual without their consent.
    • Sexual violence is any sexual act or sexual advance directed at one individual without their consent.
    • The most commonly discussed form of sexual violence is rape.
    • Sexual violence has a profound impact on physical and mental health.
    • Sexual violence is severly under reported.

  • Current Research

    • Those who claim violent video games lead to violence fail to realize that violence is context dependent and most players of video games are fully aware of this.
    • There has been a great deal of attention concerning sexual violence on college campuses in recent years.
    • The US Federal government has raised concerns about this issue and various reports have found that colleges and universities are not addressing sexual violence as they should.For instance, many universities fail to investigate allegations of sexual assaults, they fail to encourage victims to report sexual assaults, they fail to provide adequate sexual assault training, and there are inadequate resources for the survivors of sexual assault.
    • Further, official figures like the one below limit their reporting to "forcible sexual assault" despite mounting evidence that the vast majority of sexual assaults on college campuses do not fit this narrow definition, and typically involve more subtle forms of sexual violence and coercion.
    • In fact, in-depth analyses of sexual violence on college campuses generally reveals that sexual assault has become a normal aspect of college experience, culture, and structure for many American women, that on average 1 in 5 college women will be sexually victimized in some way during their college careers, and that common forms of college leisure activity, such as Greek, Party, and Drinking cultures and habits on campuses, often facilitate the normalization of college sexual assault.

  • Sexual Harassment

    • Sexual harassment is intimidation, bullying, teasing, or coercion of a sexual nature.
    • Sexual harassment does not have to be only of a sexual nature; indeed, sexual harassment includes unwelcome and offensive comments about a person's gender.
    • Even though sexual harassment is less violent than other forms of sexual violence such as rape, victims still suffer serious consequences.
    • Victimhood for individuals subjected to sexual harassment can take a different and equally complicated form as victimhood for individuals who suffer from attacks for physical violence.
    • Sexual violence that is expressed in terms of some sort of physical assault against a victim has become a condemnable act; victims of physical violence are more likely to find others who are sympathetic to their understandable distress.

  • Family Violence

    • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against his or her will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.
    • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against their will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.
    • In this definition, domestic violence takes many forms, including physical aggression or assault, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, controlling or domineering behaviour, intimidation, stalking, passive/covert abuse, and economic deprivation.
    • Sexual abuse is any situation in which force or threat is used to obtain participation in unwanted sexual activity.
    • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against his or her will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.

  • Factors Associated with Divorce

    • Factors that may lead marriages to end in divorce are infidelity, adultery domestic violence, midlife crises, inexperience, and addictions.
    • While not conclusive, the predominate factors that lead marriages to end in divorce are infidelity, adultery domestic violence, midlife crises, inexperience, and addictions such as alcoholism and gambling.
    • Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the lawful spouse.
    • More narrowly, infidelity most commonly refers to a breach of the expectation of sexual exclusivity that is expressed or implied in intimate relationships in many cultures.
    • Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage or domestic partnership.

  • Violence in Schools

    • School violence is a serious problem in the United States.
    • In part, violence receives more attention because it draws media coverage.
    • A home environment may contribute to school violence if, at home, students are exposed to gun violence, parental alcoholism, domestic violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or harsh parental discipline.
    • Often, victims are targeted based on their appearance, their gender, or their sexual orientation.
    • Recall the risk factors for school violence in the U:S. and the two types of bullying

  • Spousal Abuse

    • The relationship between gender and domestic violence is a controversial topic.
    • Other sources argue that the rate of domestic violence against men is often inflated due to the practice of including self-defense as a form of domestic violence.
    • Male domestic violence victims may be reluctant to get help for a number of reasons.
    • Likewise, it can be helpful to explore factors such as race, class, religion, sexuality, and philosophy.
    • Domestic violence also occurs in same-sex relationships.

  • Panic

    • Though not always, very often moral panics revolve around issues of sex and sexuality.
    • These panics can sometimes lead to mob violence.

  • Types of Crime

    • Sex crimes are forms of human sexual behavior that are crimes.
    • Some sex crimes are crimes of violence that involve sex.
    • They are usually analyzed by division into fatal offenses, sexual offenses, or non-fatal non-sexual offenses.
    • Although most sexual offenses will also be offenses against the person, sexual crimes are usually categorized separately.
    • Some sex crimes are crimes of violence that involve sex.

  • Social Context and Sexual Behavior

    • Social context influences sexual behavior; sexuality is expressed and understood through socialized processes.
    • Sexual behavior refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
    • Human sexual activity has sociological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral and biological elements, including physiological processes such as the reproductive mechanism, the sex drive and pathology; sexual intercourse and sexual behavior in all its forms; and personal bonding and shared emotions during sexual activity.
    • Since sexuality is expressed through means learned by socialization, social context is bound to influence sexual behavior.
    • For example, sexual activity with a person below some age of consent and sexual assault in general are criminal offenses in most jurisdictions.