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Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Understanding the sexual assault disclosure experiences of deaf women
Authors:	Pick, Lawrence H Opsahl, Noelle
Keywords:	Deaf women;Disclosure;Reporting;United States;Sexual assault;Disability;Statistics;Rape;Sexual abuse
Year:	2017
Citation:	Vol. 51, no. 3 ; pp. 44-67
Notes:	"There is no one right way to disclose sexual assault or to respond to a survivor of sexual assault, as it is an extremely complex interaction. Rape or sexual assault is defined as "any completed or attempted unwanted vaginal (for women), oral, anal penetration through the use of physical force or threats to physically harm and includes times when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent" (Black et al., 2011, p. 17). According to this definition, rape is categorized into three types: completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, and completed alcohol or drug facilitated penetration. It is important to note that individual state laws define and penalize sex crimes are differently (Cook, Gidycz, Koss, & Murphy, 2011; Kilpatrick, 2004; RAINN, 2016). Some legal definitions include force in addition to verbal coercion (Kilpatrick, 2004). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (Black et al., 2011) reported that in the hearing community, approximately one in five women (Black, 22%; non-Hispanic White, 18.8%; and Hispanic, 14.6%) had been raped in their lifetime, and that an estimated 13% of these women also experienced sexual coercion at some point in their lives. In comparison, very little is known regarding the assault experiences of Deaf women. Preliminary research indicates that Deaf women experience higher rates of lifetime sexual assault compared to their hearing counterparts (Anderson & Leigh, 2011; Barnett et al., 2011; Elliott Smith & Pick, 2015; Smith, 2008; Urquiza & Goodlin-Jones, 1994). Much of the research detailing sexual assault in the Deaf population has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) and has found that Deaf women are two to four times more likely than hearing women to experience forced sex in their lifetime (Pollard, Sutter, & Cerullli, 2013). One study sought to identify health disparities between individuals under the age of 65 in local deaf and hearing communities in Rochester, NY (Barnett et al., 2011). In this American Sign Language (ASL)-accessible health survey, an estimated 20.8% of 308 deaf signers were "forced to have sex" in their lifetime versus 5.8% of their hearing counterparts. By comparison, in a college sample of Deaf women, Elliott Smith and Pick (2015) found that 69% percent experienced at least one type of sexual assault during her life. Even with these statistics, it is impossible to know exactly how many hearing and Deaf women have been raped in the United States because those types of disclosures are rare." Excerpt from introduction Open access See more: https://repository.wcsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=jadara
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17325
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