Issue Of Rape Research Articles

Pregnancy as a Result of Rape

AbstractDespite the fact that rape literature has flourished since 1975, most sources contain little or no reference to the issue of rape resulting in the victim's pregnancy. This work addresses several facets of the problem of pregnancy from rape. Literature citations of statistical frequency and medical theories regarding the physiology of the process, particularly coitus-induced ovulation theories, are presented. Implications for health care and social service professionals are examined, with an emphasis on how reporting practices affect intervention protocols. Finally, political trends are discussed, especially changes in the frequency with which pregnancy from rape has been documented since legislative policies restricted Medicaid funding for abortion.

Care of the Female Rape Victim

Rape is indexed as the second-most-frequent violent crime, yet it also is considered the crime that is least reported. Rape is a serious offense against the person, assaulting both body and psyche, and victims may suffer short- or long-term impairment as well. As primary care providers, nurse practitioners are in a position to identify rape victims and begin interventions to alleviate suffering, provide supportive care and plan for follow-up in order to prevent devastating effects on the individual's life. The purpose of this article is to better acquaint nurse practitioners with the scope of rape and rape issues, and the impact rape has on adult female victims and their families. The article discusses the definition of rape; rape myths; prevalence and reporting; responses of practitioners, victims and families; and primary care interventions in the areas of counseling, physical assessment and treatment, and police/legal considerations.

"Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility": Comment.

"Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility": Comment.

"Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility": Comment.

"Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility": Comment.

"'Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility': Comment": Reply.

"'Treating sexually abused children: Issues of blame and responsibility': Comment": Reply.

Treating sexually abused children: issues of blame and responsibility.

It is proposed that clinicians refrain from telling sexually abused children that the experience of abuse was "not their fault," since such well-intentioned assurances can diminish the sense of power and control that the children may feel in addition to their guilt. Affirming children's sense of power rather than their status as victims may have future benefits for them and for their own children.

The Issue of Rape — Viewpoint of a Law-Enforcement Officer

The Issue of Rape — Viewpoint of a Law-Enforcement Officer

Indian women and the new movement

During the last few years there has been a resurgence of women's groups in India. Whereas, in previous years, women's struggles took place within a framework of the broader independence movement, women now are addressing issues of rape, dowry and marriage and property laws directly. This paper argues that women's organizations in India have received considerable support over these issues because they affect an urban middle-class elite and leave the status quo relatively untouched. Women's organizations should turn their attention to more fundamental issues of women's oppression within the context of hunger, poverty and work-issues which, hitherto, have been neglected.

Venereal Infections in Children

To the Editor.— We are replying to the thoughtful article by James et al entitled Physician Reporting of Sexual Abuse of Children appearing inThe Journal(240:1145, 1978). This article effectively identified a major problem present in all areas of the country, ie, the failure of private physicians to identify and report appropriately instances of abuse of children. However, we think that there may have been one omission in the original study design. Currently, the term sexual is a broader one that relates not only to issues of rape, assault, and molestation or incest but also identifies those patients with evidence of venereal infection in the pharynx, vagina, or rectum resulting from any form of legally and morally prohibited experience. The failure of this study to concern itself with the equally important problem of venereal infection as the result of misuse in the child population

Community Attitudes: The Issue of Rape

Community Attitudes: The Issue of Rape