Sex crimes include acts considered as either sexual abuse, or a non-tolerable behavior considered inappropriate to social norms. The law forbids certain sexual acts, despite expressed consent from both parties. Sex laws vary from region to region, and may evolve over time. Furthermore, sexual acts forbidden by law in a proscribed jurisdiction are coined as sex crimes.
Rape
Rape, or forcible sexual intercourse without consent from both parties, may involve physical violence, threats, and verbal abuse to intimidate and violate one person's body. Rape is considered a federal offense in the Western world. A perpetrator committed in the act of forcible intercourse is known as a rapist. According to the American Medical Association, rape victims tend to avoid reporting a violation, often times out of shame or self-blame. The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that ninety-one percent of all U.S. rape victims are female with nine percent that are male, and ninety-nine percent of the perpetrators are male.
Medline: Sexual Assault: A comprehensive description of sexual assault, otherwise known as rape, and includes sections that will help a victim seek out justice and rehabilitation.
Women's Health.gov: Sexual Assault: FAQ: An information database addressing frequently asked questions regarding sexual assault, including where and when to go after victimization.
CDC.gov: Understanding Sexual Assault (PDF): An extensive report detailing the facts centered on sexual assault.
RAINN.org: Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: An organization determined to help victims of rape, sexual abuse, and incest.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center: The NSVRC organization serves as the nation's princi...
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...rsity of Missouri: Extramarital Affairs in the Workplace (PDF): An extensive article examining the effects of extramarital affairs in the workplace.
McNeese State University: American Journal of Psychological Research: Extramarital Affairs (PDF): A comprehensive definition, cause, and effects an extramarital can have on a married couple.
Berkeley's Parent Network: Thinking About Having an Affair?: A dialogue exchange between a professional counselor and a spouse looking for a sexual fling.
University of Wisconsin: New Study Reveals that Cheating Actually Makes a Marriage Stronger: A study emerging out of Italy suggests that infidelity promotes stronger marriage bonds.
Standford University: Students Have Double Standards on Sexual Infidelity: Sexual infidelity extends far past marriage bonds, according to college students at Standford University.
The trial of 19 year old Owen Laurie has brought into light the alarming rate in which Sexual assault is rising. The issue that rages on in Colleges is said to be making its way to high schools and primary school. In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention, 19% of Undergraduate women experienced
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90 percent of the victims of sexual assault are women and 10 percent are men, and nearly 99 percent of offenders in single-victim assaults are men (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2010). According to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/sexual-assault, Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape. () Sexual Assault can happen to anyone, not just women it can happen to men and kids as well. Sexual Assault these days are a big trouble and it is not being addressed in good order, and it is
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Legally, one might wonder how sexual assault is defined. According to Massachusetts State law, there are two major categories of sexual assault against adults. One of these is rape, and the other is indecent assault and battery. Rape is defined as “sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a person and compels such person to submit by force and against his/her will, or compels such person to submit by threat of bodily injury.” Rape and attempted rape are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Rape until 2012 was defined as “The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” It was severely lacking was only updated by the Federal Bureau of Instigation in 2012. It left out an entire section of rape that can be committed which is man being the rape victim. This lead to misclassification of rape of males for years. So even the statistics used till 2014 were underwhelming and inaccurate when it was related to male rape or sexual assault. Rape in the United States is now defined by the Department of Justice as “Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” Male Rape or men being the sexual assault victims are rarely ever the subject of a dialogue when Sexual Assault is the topic being discussed because rape is generally seen as a heterosexual highly sexed male attack on vulnerable, attractively dressed female victim. Most rapists have alternative outlets for sexual gratification, many take little notice of their victim 's physical attributes, and some may experience sexual dysfunction during the assault.
What is sex offence or what is a sex offenders? As I tried to do some research on this subject I came across lot data and research that was completely mind blowing. A sex offender is someone who has committed sex offensive crimes. This covers a very wide range of crimes such as:
Carpenter, C. J. (2012). Meta-analyses of sex differences in responses to sexual versus emotional infidelity: Men and women are more similar than different.Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36(1), 25-37.
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Anderson, Eric (2010). 'At least with cheating there is an attempt at monogamy': Cheating and monogamism among undergraduate heterosexual men. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 27 (7, November), 851-872.
There was a time when more smart-conscious decisions were made relating to sexual relationships. In particular, sexual relationships within a marriage. However, times have changed. The pillars that hold up our individual sexual values have started to crumble. It is estimated that two out of three marriages fail due to infidelity. This is a scary statistic considering that people believe a marriage can survive infidelity. This brings us to our first myth: Everyone has affairs.
Weeks, Gambescia & Jenkins (2003) defines marital infidelity as “a violation of a couples assumed or started contract regarding emotional and/or sexual exclusivity.” It is, indeed, a gut-wrenching situation a person can experience in marriage and a primary cause of family breakdown/divorce. Divorced individuals expressed that there was a certain time in their marriage when they felt unappreciated, unwanted, and unwelcomed by their significant other. While, others demonstrated love, care, and other comforting emotions that attracted them.