Sexual Violence Against Women

Based off of chapter 10.2 Sexual Violence Against Women in the Women and Psychology textbook.

Mary Koss

Researcher looking to determine better research methods for studying sexual violence against women. She developed the Sexual Experiences Survey to better understand women's experiences.

IHE

Institute of Higher Education

Sexual Violence

umbrella term for harassment, unwanted sexual contact, and coerced sexual conduct

1 in 5 college women

misleading commonly used statistic for sexual assualts

The Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Study

found the 1 in 5 college women experience sexual violence statistic. Study was conducted on a random sample of senior college women from two public universities. Findings were misused and generalized incorrectly.

The Campus Climate Survey Validation Study (CCSVS)

looked at 9 schools, but the study can not be generalized to other schools.

The AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assualt and Sexual Misconduct

found that there is high variation between IHE. Also, that around 30% of females on campus have faith that campus officals would take action to address factors that have led to sexual violence on campus, around 20% of females believe that sexual violence is an issue at their IHE, and 5-10% of females believe they are very likely to experience sexual violence at their IHE

The Sexual Assualt Violence Elimination Act (SaVE)

an amendment that requires schools to provide information and statistics on sexual violence, information on bystander intervention programs, and to guarantee certain protections and rights to victims

The National College Women Sexual Victimization (NCWSV) Survey

estimates that 3% of college women experienced attempted or completed rape in the current school year and information on location of the incident (higher victimization rates off campus than on)

Sexual scripts

portray that women should resist sex and men shoudl convince women. Leads to issues interpreting consent in men

Alcohol consumption

significantly increases risk of victimization and perpetration in sexual violence cases

Hookup culture

increases chances of victimization due to often alcohol consumption and spontaneous, casual sexual activity

College seniors

college students more likely to report sexual victimization