Impact and Reactions
This post-traumatic stress response causes the child to be nervous and jumpy with a higher level of alertness of surroundings
What is hyperarousal?
Lots of allegations of rape and assault are lies from the victim
MYTH
About 2-8% of rapes are falsely reported; this is the the same rate of other felonies
The four components of traumagenic dynamics
What is traumatic sexualization, betrayal, powerlessness, and stigmatization?
The ability to empathize and have a concern for how one's actions affect others
What is interpersonal and emotional competence?
Rape committed in this degree (first/second/third) is defined as having sexual intercourse with another person who is incapacitated, incapable of consent or lacks the capacity to consent or by the use of forcible compulsion
What is first degree?
The post-traumatic stress response when a child senses memories of the trauma, including flashes/visions of the offender. This could happen when or awake or asleep
What is reexperiencing?
If an individual wears revealing clothing, is under the influence of alcohol, or flirts then they are "asking for it"
MYTH
Consent is still necessary, and the individual must be coherent and have the ability to consent. Other factors never implicitly give consent
This occurs when the individual is unable to stop abuse or is believed at time of disclosure
What is powerlessness?
The ability to problem-solve, reframe the meaning of such issues, and seek social support and information
What is active coping?
Statute of limitations of sexual abuse in the first degree for individuals under 18 years of age
What is 30 years?
For minors, legal proceedings must take place within 30 years after the survivor turns 18
This trauma response occurs when the individual does not go to areas that the abuse took place/resemble the area or pushes back the thought of the abuse altogether
What is avoidance?
Assistance (such as counseling and advocacy) after an assault are typically inexpensive
FACT
Many sexual assault service providers provide assistance at free or low cost to survivors
Feelings of guilt and shame associated with sexual abuse
What is stigmatization?
The perspective/attitude of hopefulness or foreseeing a positive outcome of a situation
What is optimism?
There is no statute of limitations for this rape in this degree
What is the first degree?
Self-harm and suicidal ideation are high-risk behaviors for this age group
What is adolescence?
Men cannot be sexually abused, they are only the abusers
MYTH
1 out of 10 individuals who have experienced the trauma are male
Factors of this component include: developmentally inappropriate sexual feelings/behaviors/attitudes, and the belief that sexual behaviors are the only way to gain acceptance
Knowledge that individual is not responsible for the trauma they faced
What is an external attribution of blame?
What is 14 years of age?
Adolescents may engage in this behavior in order to cope with the core/secondary trauma response
What is substance abuse?
There is not much to be done about preventing sexual violence
MYTH
There are many ways to help such as intervening as a bystander, making the individual feels safe, advocating for those who have faced the trauma, and more
Occurs when trust is violated by perpetrator or through supposed supportive environment, can lead to anger/hostility/inability to trust others
What is betrayal?
Levels of systems that include social, cultural, and political factors of influence
What is the mesosystem and macrosystem?
Age an individual can give consent if the actor is 21 or older
What is 17?