enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rape myth - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_myth

    Rape myths originate from various cultural stereotypes, such as traditional gender roles, acceptance of interpersonal violence, and misunderstanding the nature of sexual assault. [1] Matthew Hale , a British jurist in the 17th century, suggests that rape is "an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended against ...

  3. 'You lured him in': Rape myths and what we still get wrong ...

    www.aol.com/lured-him-rape-myths-still-023410975...

    Three quarters of sexual offence victims report being asked at least one question in court based on what campaigners say are rape myths and stereotypes, according to recent research from Victim ...

  4. False accusation of rape - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_accusation_of_rape

    For example, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone the person knows as opposed to a stranger. [55] Sacks says, the media also normalizes sexual violence in general, often blames the person who reported the assault, and commonly expresses sympathy for the alleged perpetrators instead of the victim. [56]

  5. Unacknowledged rape - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unacknowledged_rape

    Sexual scripts are stereotypes told about rape, which limit understandings of assault. These scripts can be held at a cultural level, interpersonal level, or intrapersonal level. [ 6 ] Rape scripts also narrow down one's idea of what sexual assault is, prompting one to not acknowledge what happened to them.

  6. Sexual assault - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault

    Due to rape or sexual assault, or the threat of, there are many resulting impacts on income and commerce at the macro level. Excluding child abuse, each rape or sexual assault costs $5,100 in tangible losses (lost productivity, medical and mental health care, police/fire services, and property damage) and $81,400 in lost quality of life. [49]

  7. List of rape victims from ancient history and mythology

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rape_victims_from...

    Demeter; according to an Arcadian myth, Demeter was being pursued by her brother Poseidon, and she changed into a horse to escape him. Poseidon, however, transformed himself into a horse and, after cornering Demeter, raped his older sister, resulting in her giving birth to Despoina , a mysterious goddess, and Arion , a divine horse.

  8. Onscreen Portrayals of Sexual Assault Gain Nuance, Diversity

    www.aol.com/entertainment/onscreen-portrayals...

    Where movies and TV shows more exploited abuse as a plot point or too often perpetuated myths about sexual assault, today, audiences can see broader, more nuanced views. Onscreen Portrayals of ...

  9. Sexual violence - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence

    Murder occurring either during a sexual assault or as a result of an honor killing in response to a sexual assault is also a factor of sexual violence. Though women and girls suffer disproportionately from these aspects, [ 6 ] sexual violence can occur to anybody at any age; it is an act of violence that can be perpetrated by parents ...