sexual victimization among female college students

THIS WAS MY TOPIC PROPOSAL FOR MY PAPER: Sexual victimization is defined as “unwanted sexual contact, rape, or attempted rape (contact can be with intimate partner or acquaintance or stranger).” I chose this term specifically and not rape because female college students are taken advantage of further than just attempt at forceful penetration. Sexual victimization is an ongoing problem across campuses all around the world but is treated as taboo. Administration, victims, and campus police rarely, if ever, speak about sexual victimization on campus. My paper will focus on the psychological impact of sexual victimization on female college students.

Students are at an increased risk during the first few months of their first and second semesters in college. 1 in 5 women are victims of unwanted sexual advances (RAINN, 2018). Long term effects that are frequently reported include depression, self-destructive behavior, substance abuse, and sexual maladjustment. They have reached out to authorities, people on campus, and even gone to the hospital and sometimes they are treated as if it is their fault. In some instances they are even turned away and told to go “makeup” with their partner because in a relationship “that’s just what happens.”

THIS WAS THE FEEDBACK GIVEN: You stated in the proposal : “The odds are that 1 in 5 women have suffered some type of unwanted sexual advance from a man…” I caution you about statements written in this manner. While it IS important to provide statistical information to better inform the reader, it’s better to use objective phrasing when including statistics or scientific data. For example, more effective wording might be: 1 in 5 women are victims of unwanted sexual advances (RAINN, 2018). [See the difference?] Also – be sure to include definitions of terminology in your narrative. It’s important that everyone is clear about what the author (you) means throughout the Impact Paper and Portfolio. For example, my understanding of sexual victimization is as follows (feel free to use this language, or if your understanding is something different, just be sure to include that definition in the beginning of your work – and use proper citations if you are using a definition from an outside source). In order to get final approval, you will need to respond to this email by Monday – this means you should probably do some investigating (Googling) –

Respond and

1) provide more information about what you intend to research and

2) identify what you will be focusing on re. sexual victimization on college campuses (risk factors? vulnerabilities? psychological impact?

challenges re. disclosing the trauma? immediate and/or long-term effects? other….)?

APA FORMAT, 6 REQUIRED (FAIRLY RECENT) SOURCES, THIS IS A RESEARCH PAPER

 

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