A.    Sexual Harassment

                1.    definitions
                2.    types

                        a.    quid pro quo
                        b.    hostile environment

                3.    frequency
                4.    gender differences

        B.    Selected populations

                1.    students

                2.    clients/patients

                3.    military
 

        C.    Rape - Sexual Assault

                1.    definition

                2.    frequency

                3.    sexual coercion

                4.    gender differences

        D.    Theories

                1.    victim precipitation

                        a.    victim partially responsible - provoked assault
                        b.    men are powerless over sex drive
 

                2.    exaggerated gender role identity

                3.    feminist perspective

                4.    sociological perspective

                5.    rapist pathology

        E.    Rapist - research

                1.    convicted (Prendergast, 1994)

                        a.    lack self confidence from early age
                        b.    20-30% - victims of sexual abuse during childhood/adolescence
                        c.    victimized others during childhood/adolescence

                2.    unidentified assailants
 

        F.    Rape Trauma Syndrome

                1.    acute - expressive vs. controlled

                2.    long-term reorganization

                3.    silent rage reaction

        G.    Criminal Justice system

                1.    founded complaints - prosecutions - convictions

                2.    changes in laws

                        a.    sexual assault vs. rape
                        b.    gender neutral language
                        c.    elimination of victim resistance proof