Sexual Violence Outline

Thesis: Although sexual violence is a serious topic for any age group, teenagers are subject to violence involved in rape.

I. Violence involved in rape, or child sexual abuse, is when sexual activity is involved with a minor. (1A)

A. A child under the age of 18 has no consent to sex whatsoever. (2A)

In the United States, roughly 1.8 million cases of sexual abuse were adolescents as victims. (1H)

B. Many times, child abuse is not always reported. (1B)

C. Sexual violence is widespread among teens. (1C)

“In 2013, more than one in ten female high schools students (11 percent) reported ever having been raped.” (1D)

“Female high school students are more than twice as likely as their male counterparts to report being raped: 11 and 4 percent,

Victims and perpetrators of sexual violence is most common during teenage years. (2E)

Researchers discovered a peak at sexual violence at the age of 16. (3E)

F. “Adolescents and young adults are four times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than women in all other age groups.” (1F)

II. Most times, sexual assault is targeted towards women, but men are targeted as well.

A. “Studies by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center, show that: 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse; Self-report studies show that 20% of adult females and 5-10% of adult males recall a childhood sexual assault or sexual abuse incident; During a one-year period in the U.S., 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized; Over the course of their lifetime, 28% of U.S. youth ages 14-17 had been sexually victimized; Children are most vulnerable to CSA between ages 7 and 14.” (2B)

B. Rape consequences are similar in males and females. (2D)

Caucasian males are half as likely as hispanic or black males to report sexual assault. (9D)

Males are not always the perpetrators of sexual violence - females are too. (4E)

C. Of a survey that was given to teenagers, 52 percent were male and 48 percent were female.

(6E)

D. “Females are more likely to engage in “gang rape” types of activity and act in groups or teams.” (7E)

III. It is proven that many times, the victim knows their perpetrator.

A. “As many as 93 percent of victims under the age of 18 know the abuser.” (5A)

Roughly 75 percent of people who have experienced sexual violence were with their romantic partner. (9E)

These perpetrators can be a babysitter, neighbor, child care provider, or even a family friend. (4H) B. Perpetrators say that the victims are responsible for the sexual violence. C. Publicly, perpetrators are 16 years old when they engaged in attempted or completed rape. IV. Sexual assault does not need to be sexual intercourse between the victim and the perpetrator. A. Sexual abuse does not always involve physical contact between the minor and the enforcer.

“Other forms include exibitionism, fondling, intercourse, masturbation in the presence of a minor, obscene phone calls, text messages, or digital interaction, producing, owning, or sharing pornographic images or movies of children, sex of any kind with a minor, including vaginal, oral, or anal, sex trafficking, and any other sexual conduct that is harmful to a child’s mental, emotional, or physical welfare.”