PRIVATE POVERTY
95% of sexual abuses are not reported to law enforcement.
Few victims of sexual violence receive professional supports.
Sexual abuse causes difficulties in intimacy.
Sexually assaulted persons experience profoundly damaged security, self-esteem and self-confidence.
NO TRESPASSING
Deuteronomy 22:25 (Darby) But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die
“O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will.” … An-Nisa” 4:19
The third of the Five Precepts of Buddhism is "To refrain from committing sexual misconduct”.
Dharmasutra Vasistha 28:2-3 states that, "…a woman is polluted by being raped…” but is ritually cleansed.
The Matsyapurāņa states that a woman who is raped is innocent but her rapist should be executed.
The Criminal Code Of Canada:
Assault
• 265 (1) A person commits an assault when
a) without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly;
b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or a gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe on reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose; or
c) while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes another person or begs.
• Marginal note:Application
(2) This section applies to all forms of… …sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon,… …and aggravated sexual assault.
• Marginal note:Consent
(3) For the purposes of this section, no consent is obtained where the complainant submits or does not resist by reason of
a) the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant;
b) threats or fear of the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant;
c) fraud; or
d) the exercise of authority.
• Marginal note:Accused’s belief as to consent
(4) Where an accused alleges that he believed that the complainant consented to the conduct that is the subject-matter of the charge, a judge, if satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and that, if believed by the jury, the evidence would constitute a defence, shall instruct the jury, when reviewing all the evidence relating to the determination of the honesty of the accused’s belief, to consider the presence or absence of reasonable grounds for that belief.
Marginal note:Assault
266 Every one who commits an assault is guilty of
• a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or
• b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Marginal note:Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm
267 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who, in committing an assault,
• a) carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof,
• b) causes bodily harm to the complainant, or
• c) chokes, suffocates or strangles the complainant.
THE VIOLATED WILL BE PROSTITUTED
More than half of all attackers are known to the abused.
Harms of sexual abuse often result in social dysfunctions.
Research suggests that approximately 3 in 4 are violated prior to prostituting.
