MGG_2602 Sexual Trauma Full Exam Pack.

MGG_2602 Sexual Trauma Full Exam Pack. MGG2602 Sexual Trauma - Exams MGG2602 EXAM PREPARATION – Previous Exams This document is an easy to read compilation of past UNISA Exam Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • Excerpts from the Tutorial matter Assignments covered are: • Oct-Nov 2013 • Jan-Feb 2014 • Oct-Nov 2014 • Jan-Feb 2015 • Oct-Nov 2015 • Jan-Feb 2016 • Oct-Nov 2016 • Jan-Feb 2017 • Oct-Nov 2017 Please note: This document is an additional tool for exam preparation. The Stuvia-user that compiled and uploaded this document takes no responsibility for incorrect answers. Students must ensure that they study the prescribed material and understand the content. 2 MGG2602 Sexual Trauma - Exams Oct-Nov 2013 Exam PART 1 TRUE/FALSE Indicate whether the statements below are true or false Question 1 Rape statistics reveal that the most common forms of rape are committed by strangers. Answer: This statement is false. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 166 Reasoning: Myth 7: Rapists are usually strangers. This is one of the most common misconceptions about rape. Lewis (1994) quotes the Medical Association of South Africa to illustrate the findings of studies that reveal that up to 50% of rapists are known to their victims. Rapists are often from the same school, workplace, block of flats or family. The rapist is often the person the victim least suspects because they are acquainted. Question 2 Penetrative sex has deeper emotional consequences for children than the mere touching of the sexual organs. Answer: This statement is false. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 91 Reasoning: In working with child abuse survivors, one realises that stimulation and penetration do not have to occur for a child to be sexually traumatised. Question 3 The primary objective of a parent whose child has been sexually abused should be to help the child to forget about the abuse and return to everyday activities as quickly as possible. Answer: This statement is false. Refer: MGG2602 TL201, pg. 85 Reasoning: Sexually abused children may experience a range of emotions as a result of the abuse. Even though they may experience intense emotional turmoil, they are forced to maintain silence because offenders do everything in their power to promote forgetting. “Secrecy and silence are the perpetrator’s first line of defence. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure that no one listens” (Herman, 2001:8). Question 4 Educational programmes that educate children about why it is important to say no to sexually abusive touching and acts reduces the chances of being sexually abused. Answer: This statement is false. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 211 Reasoning: A multitude of child protection programmes emerged in the 1980s. These programmes used a variety of mediums such as film, theatre, puppetry, books, 3 MGG2602 Sexual Trauma - Exams comics, role-play and discussion groups, which were usually classroom based, to teach children how to protect themselves against sexual assault and what to do if they experienced actual or potential abuse. The main objectives of these preventive endeavours were to teach children things such as the differences between “good”, “bad” and “questionable” touching, the concept of body ownership and children’s right to control who touches their bodies and where they may be touched. These programmes encouraged children to tell someone if they had been “touched” by another person, even if they had been told by the person not to reveal the incident. They alerted children to a range of resources they could consult if they were abused. Sadly, many of these programmes failed to achieve their desired outcomes. Question 5 It is not the responsibility of the district surgeon to treat the survivor of sexual abuse once the forensic evidence has been collected and a charge of rape has been laid. Answer: This statement is true. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 101 Reasoning: The district surgeon should be experienced in dealing with the special needs of a child during this investigation. Sadly, the district surgeon is not allowed to treat the child since his or her role is to collect evidence. Question 6 South African law no longer defines rape as a crime that is only committed against women. Answer: This statement is true. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 158 Reasoning: The Sexual Offences Act of 2007 redefined rape as well as identified and defined various forms of sexual offences. The new definition of rape is gender neutral and is defined as follows: “Any person (‘A’) who unlawfully and intentionally commits an act of sexual penetration with a complainant (‘B’), without the consent of B, is guilty of the offence of rape.” Question 7 The feminist perspective holds that incest is the product of men abusing the power that is bestowed on them as a result of the patriarchal system that is so evident within many of our societies. Answer: This statement is true. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 57 Reasoning: The feminist movement drew attention not only to men’s violence against women, but also to their efforts to oppress them. The movement highlighted that more women were raped, abused assaulted, burned, beaten and killed by their male lovers than by all categories of men combined (Funk 1997). Question 8 If children are taught that they are allowed to break socially sanctioned behaviours when it comes to their being sexually abused the rate of sexual abuse would decrease. 4 MGG2602 Sexual Trauma - Exams Answer: This statement is true. Question 9 One cannot always blame perpetrators of sexual abuse because in some instances women provoke men to abuse them by the way they act, such as wearing revealing clothing, being in public under the influence of alcohol, accepting a lift from a stranger. Answer: This statement is false. Refer: MGG2602 TL102, pg. 115 Reasoning: Myth: Incest only happens to bad girls It is often said that only women who consciously or unconsciously “ask for it” get abused sexually. Matsakis (1996) reports that two thirds of Americans believe that acts of sexual abuse are provoked by women and girls who dress or act provocatively. There is a popular sentiment that women engage in sexual acts voluntarily and then turn around and call it abuse later. This message certainly taints survivors as bad, sexually “loose” women. Abuse happens to men and women of every age, race, nationality and religion, no matter what their dress code or behaviour. Question 10 It is not possible for a woman to rape a healthy man unless he is consciously or unconsciously willing.