PHL 2000 12-12-12 Thoughts on Prostitution Throughout modern day society, the action of prostitution is often seen as debatable with respect to different ethical issues. Prostitution can be defined as “The act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money,” and is usually provided as an underground service. Although the practice is illegal in most places, it actually becomes a “viable” job source for many women. The majority of prostitutes are female, mainly from the nature of the job; however men do become prostitutes on occasion. Prostitution raises many ethical issues from it being immoral because it tends to involve coercion, prostitution can be exploitive, it is degrading and involves violence/HIV.
Some sex offenders are psychopathic and highly predatory while others may have committed a drunken sexually offensive act against other without having psychopathic intentions. Most sex offenders may not disclose all of their crimes or sexual thoughts while in a treatment program. If they do disclose more information they are at risk of more charges while incarcerated, stricter punishments while incarcerated or while in a program, or the threat of not being released on time. There could be offenders who may be extremely high risk but you may not know because you will never really know the real truth to their
Sexual coercion is expressed in many forms such as being harmless or violent. Having sexual coercion in the prisons is a problem. No one really knows how far sexual assault is taken in the prison facility. Some inmates live in fear of telling someone they have been assaulted. They don’t want to become known as the “snitch”.
The crime of indecent assault and battery occurs when an attacker, has non-consensual physical contact with a person in a sexual manner. This could be any unwarranted physical contact to a person’s private body. This assault is punishable to up to five years in prison. The majority of sexual assaults are committed against women between the ages of 15 and 25, making college-aged women the group with the highest vulnerability to being assaulted. In fact, according to Kelly Walker from campusspeak.com, and a sexual assault survivor, one in four women will be raped during their college experience.
The Victimization of Women Married to Substance Addicted Men Esther Lucas-Robinson Liberty University Abstract The pervasiveness of the victimization of women has been researched extensively. The increasing numbers of violent crimes against females have soared over their male counterparts in the past 20 years prompting more study to understand this epidemic. A public health concern which places the lives of countless women in jeopardy is domestic abuse. This paper examines the victimization of women by their substance addicted spouses. An analysis is made of the symptomatic causes of domestic abuse.
Have you ever been sexually harassed? This question requires a yes or no answer. Do you know what sexual harassment is? Sexual harassment is unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that makes someone fill uncomfortable or
“630,000 assaults of students between ages of 18 and 24, 400,000 students had unprotected sex due to drinking and there were 70,000 victims of sexual assault. By the alarming highly statistics mentioned above, we can see how the level in which college-age students are consuming alcohol and there is an epidemic occurring. Besides the unfortunate death toll, arrests, assaults, (fighting) and unprotected sex, the 70,000 college students that were victims of sexual assault are not necessary. There are many different and more accurate forms of sexual assault. According to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), sexual assault is “unwanted sexual contact that stops short of rape or attempted rape.
The attachment theory theorizes why affairs are so damaging. Also, the myths of infidelity influence how couples deal with boundary violations. So what is considered infidelity? Infidelity includes a wide range of behaviors. Sexual intercourse with someone outside of the relationship is a given when defining infidelity.
Domestic violence occurs in men and women of any race, ethnicity, or religion, whether they are gay or straight, rich or poor, teen, adult, or elderly. Most domestic abused victims are women being abused by men (Women’s Aid 2012). In attempt to prevent further abuse, victims can obtain a protection order and/or a restraining order. Protection orders and restraining orders differ across states but are both used to protect victims in different ways. Civil Protection Orders (CPO) are usually used to protect victims of domestic violence.
In Hunter’s book, which I will be attaining most of my information, he explains the different areas being affected by this abuse which include physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. As adults they may attempt to find help only to receive misdiagnoses or neglect of the real issue. According to Prevent Child Abuse America approximately one in six boys are sexually abused before the age of sixteen. Also according to the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress among 22.3 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 in the US, 1.8 million had become the prey of sexual offenders. Hunter describes sexual abuse as “any sexual act that an adult does to a child” (Hunter, 1990, p. 3).