Sexual Violence and Reporting Disparities

Social science research methods
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Table of Contents
Topic title 1
Introduction 2
Research questions 3
Hypothesis 4
Research design 5
Methodology 6
Literature 7
Ethical issues and concerns 8
Conclusion of research 9
References 10
Appendix: Expected time scale 11

Topic: sexual violence and why women are more likely to report it than men
Introduction
Sexual violence occurs throughout the entire world. The existing data set indicates that nearly
one in 4 women that is 25% experience sexual violence.33% of adolescent girls report sexual
violence as being forced.
This paper thus discusses sexual violence issues faced by both men and women in the
contemporary society. It identifies the victims, cause, and impacts of sexual violence on both
individuals. This paper also discusses the reason as to why women are most likely to report
sexual violence than their male counterparts (Abbey 2011). As a key strategic framework, this
paper offers recommendation on how people in society and the government can work together to
create awareness and prevent sexual violence issues. It is evident that it can happen any time and
in pace.
Sexual violence is typically defined as sexual misconduct, attempted acts which are against the
person's coercion or against their will regardless of the relationship with the person inflicting the
violence on them. It is evident that women are more likely to face sexual harassment as
compared to men.
Research questions
1. What is sexual violence?
2. Why women are more likely to report sexual violence than men
3. What are the strategic places and instances of sexual abuse?
4. What are the key effects of sexual violence in the personal and social level?
5. What needs to be done?

The hypothesis of the research
According to the research, women are more likely to face sexual violence than women. Women
have greater risks for this issue. There significant effects of sexual violence on a personal level
and society.
Research design
This particular research is qualitative and crosses sectional. This is because it offers important
information of a particular discussion topic like definition, impact, and recommendation of the
problem at hand. It is cross-sectional since it involves a wide range of participants like children,
male and female adults across the social domain. There exist a controlled focus group in the
research design which is randomly assigned.
This particular research design is also field research since it involves gaining data form people.
The research design is advantageous since it incorporates a huge framework of data collection
like field and data asset which is reliable and quality. However, it has a disadvantage since it is
time-consuming to plan and design the research (Ansara, & Hindin,2011).
Methodology
The methodology used is descriptive.in this particular research data collection was done from the
use of focus groups, surveys or face to face interviews.in this case sources of data on sexual
violence issues usually come from police officers, clinical health care settings, articles from
nongovernmental organizations and use off various survey research.