The forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another.
Questions tagged [sexual-abuse]
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Do 31 US states give rapist fathers visitation rights?
I saw an image on Facebook that claimed 31 US states allow the fathers of children conceived by rape to have visitation rights to the children.
The image linked to an alternet article that listed it in its "50 Facts About Rape". Following the link…
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Is Sweden experiencing a "rape epidemic?"
The US think-tank, the Gatestone Institute - along with many conservative web-sites, has claimed that rapes in Sweden have gone up because of the influx of refugees from the Middle East.
Forty years after the Swedish parliament unanimously decided…
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Was Isaac Asimov notorious for groping women?
A recent io9 article says the following about Isaac Asimov:
Meanwhile, author Isaac Asimov’s proclivity for groping women was so
widely known that in 1961, the chair of Chicon III wrote a letter
inviting him to give a lecture on “The Power of…
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Is there systemic sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests?
Is there a systemic relationship between Catholic priests and sexual abuse of children?
I ask because I grew up in Newfoundland, which was at the time engrossed in the abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage (see also: Unholy Orders). More recent headlines…
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In Alabama, if a person is found not guilty of rape, is their accuser assumed to be lying?
jessica a. m. @my2k
so the Alabama abortion criminalization bill has an extra tacked onto the end of it wherein, if a woman reports being raped and they find the person she accused not guilty, SHE goes to jail, because it's declared a false rape…
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Have one in ten women suffered rape in the UK?
A recent survey in the UK claims that about 10% of women have been raped but that most do not report the incident even to friends. In the words of one news report:
One in 10 women has been raped, and more than a third subjected to sexual assault,…
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Do 87% of female rape victims experience an orgasm during the attack?
Several sources report that a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, titled "Shame and Guilt in the Aftermath of Sexual Attack" found that a vast majority — sometimes reported as 87% — experience an involuntary orgasm during the…
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Were American female soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan more likely to be raped by their fellow soldiers than attacked by the enemy?
BradyBunch12 wrote in a Reddit post with 3.9k upvotes in What's a statistically proven fact that nobody wants to hear?
While deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq, American female soldiers were more likely to be raped by their fellow soldier than…
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Is sexual harassment of girls increasing in schools?
This article claims that experts told UK MP's that sexual harassment is increasing in schools because of internet pornography. However, I haven't seen any references to studies done on the subject so I'd like to see where the facts stand.
Note that…
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Does getting married prevent violence against women and children?
The American newspaper the Washington Post's PostEverything Op-Ed One way to end violence against women? Married dads. (previously titled "One way to end violence against women? Stop taking lovers and get married") claims that marriage plays a…
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Can the Rape-aXe only be removed by a doctor?
The Rape-aXe was a prototype of a female condom designed to attach itself to an attacker's penis with barbs if an attacker attempts to penetrate the woman wearing the Rape-aXe.
The inventor claims
The barbed shafts can only safely be removed by a…
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Is rape a crime about violence and power, or a crime of passion?
Adam Carolla, from the popular radio show Loveline, and in the Guiness Records for the most downloaded podcast of all time made the following claim (1 min mark):
rape is not a sexual crime, you understand. Its a violent crime, where you come at the…
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Do dolphins rape humans?
Do dolphins rape humans?
Comment on a dolphin-related question:
[I have] no idea if they rescue humans when drowning but I know that
there are documented cases of them raping people! (as a side-note)
Beatrice the Biologist: Dolphin Sexual…
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Do only 0.6% of rapes lead to incarceration in the US?
According to this website: https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system,
out of every 1000 rapes, 994 perpetrators will walk free
Similar percentages are presented for other types of crimes as well, but I find it a bit strange to…
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Was this image used in an anti-rape advertising campaign?
I saw an "advertisement" make the rounds on Facebook, which reads:
Jake was drunk. Josie was drunk. Jake and Josie hooked up. Josie could
NOT consent. The next day Jake was charged with RAPE.
A woman who is intoxicated cannot give her legal…
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