Post by Cat on May 26, 2018 16:15:31 GMT -5
Sexual Abuse
Everyone in NationStates can be subject to rape threats, harassment, cyberstalking, blackmail, and more. This harassment is amplified if a person is a minority in racial, ethnic or religious background, disabled, lesbian, bisexual, or trans and any combination of these. This type of harassment creates a hostile environment used to shame, degrade, or intimidate a person. It can leave a huge emotional impact and sometimes in extreme cases present with physical symptoms.
Sexual abuse can leave a person feeling:
- Stressed, anxious, or can trigger panic attacks.
- Low self-esteem or confidence.
- Apprehension in using online social networking
- A sense of powerlessness
- Insomnia
- An inability to focus on everyday tasks or difficulty concentrating
- Threatened physically
Signs of Sexual Abuse
- Threats of violence: Direct or indirect threats of violence, such as physical or sexual violence.
- Discrimination: Comments that target a victim's identity and belittle, humiliate, or undermine a victim using that information.
- Harassment: Engaging in behaviors to repeatedly target a victim, using abusive language or imagery.
- Doxxing: Revealing personally identifiable material without the victim's consent. This can be addresses, a real name, a phone number, or numerous other items that can threaten a person's security.
- Revealing Private Sexually Explicit Material: The act of distressing, humiliating, or blackmailing a victim with sharing personal sexually explicit material without their consent.