Sexual Violence and Women Reporting

Assignment 2
Sexual violence and why women are more likely to report it than men.

Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................... 2
Research objective................................................................................................ 2
Research questions............................................................................................... 2
Research hypothesis.............................................................................................. 3
Qualitative and quantitative research study..........................................................3
Identification of dependent and independent variables.........................................3
Sampling strategies............................................................................................... 4
Conclusion............................................................................................................. 4
References............................................................................................................. 5

The topic chosen: sexual violence and why women are more likely to report it than men.
Introduction
Interpersonal violence whether it is nonsexual or sexual remains a major issue for nations.
Sexual violence against women and men brings with it long term issues, both socially and
psychiatrically (Breiding, 2014). In addition to sexual gratification itself, sexual violent
behaviour against women is often an outcome of unequal power equation both perceived and
real between women and men and is also strongly impacted by values and cultural factors.
Within ego-culture and socio-centric cultures, the representations and roles of gender (male
and female) and behaviour towards sexual violence differed. Cultures in sociology are
explained as feminist; provide the same power to both women and men (Kelly, 2013).
Therefore, the present study is mainly focused on the cross-cultural aspects of gender-
associated sexual violence, and focus on why women are more likely to report it than men.
Although in society there are different forms of sexual violence (including male transgender
sexual violence, male-male sexual violence), the study would focus on male-female sexual
violence.
Research objective
The research objectives of the undertaken study are the following;
 To investigate the main cause of sexual violence for men and women in society
 To investigate why women are more likely to report it than men
 To provide an effective recommendation that helps to reduce sexual violence in
society
Research questions
Research questions of the undertaken study are following;
 What are the main causes of sexual violence for men and women in society?
 Why women are more likely to report it than men?
 How effective policies and procedures help to reduce sexual violence in society?