Many women who are raped under legal definitions mislabel the offense, referring to the encounter as “bad sex” or a “miscommunication.” This could be why, explains WendyPatrickPhD
Source: Image by Ria Sopala from PixabaySexual assault is linked to a host of negative consequences, emotionally, behaviorally, and psychologically. Researchers have studied how a victim’s own perception of sexual assault impacts his or her functioning afterward. Laura C. Wilson et al., in a piece entitled “Examining the Psychological Effect of Rape Acknowledgment” examined this issue.
Why wouldn’t a rape victim identify as such? Wilson et al. note that situational factors often explain why this is the case. Specifically, they note that two of the most common situational factors are the level of familiarity between victim and assailant, and the degree of physical force used to commit the rape.
Analyzing a sample of 128 women who were rape survivors, they measured the interaction between acknowledging having been raped and ambivalent
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