Deck 15: Sexual Coercion

Question 1

After being attacked and raped,Cameron has frequent nightmares where she is being chased by her rapist.She feels depressed and is afraid to leave her house alone.Judging by her recent assault,Cameron is most likely to be suffering from _____.

A)postpartum blues
B)obsessive compulsive personality disorder
C)posttraumatic growth
D)posttraumatic stress disorder

Answer 1

D

Question 2

After their date,Alicia's boyfriend forces her to perform oral sex on him in his car.This nonconsensual act constitutes _____.

A)autoeroticism
B)necrophilia
C)rape
D)bestiality

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is true about rape?

A)It is one of the most frequently reported crimes in the United States.
B)Its legal definition does not extend to forced oral or anal sex.
C)It involves nonconsensual oral,anal,or vaginal penetration.
D)Its legal definition refers solely to women and excludes men.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

A)It is experienced exclusively by female rape victims.
B)It is a mild form of psychological distress which dissipates quickly.
C)It can be experienced by both sexes under any terrifying circumstance.
D)It cannot be cured effectively by psychotherapeutic treatments.

Question 5

_____ is one of the most common forms of rape,especially between students on college campuses.

A)Gang rape
B)Virtual rape
C)Cyber rape
D)Date rape

Question 6

Which of the following is true about the effect of rape upon members of society?

A)Rape affects many people besides the victim.
B)Rape never has consequences for the rapist.
C)Rape has no effect upon society as a whole.
D)Rape affects only the victim.

Question 7

A brief examination of national statistics and studies on rape reveals that

A)marital rape is not considered unlawful.
B)rape has no long-term consequences for the victim.
C)rape is one of the most underreported crimes.
D)nonconsensual sodomy is not considered unlawful.

Question 8

Sexually aggressive men are likely to have a suspicious schema,meaning that they generally believe that women do not communicate honestly.In which of the following ways can their suspicious schema be best altered?

A)physiotherapy
B)hormonal treatment
C)physical castration
D)cognitive therapy

Question 9

At a party,Brian finds a girl who has drunk herself into unconsciousness.He carries her to a room,locks the door,and has sex with her before she is revived.This act constitutes _____.

A)troilism
B)rape
C)voyeurism
D)zoophilia

Question 10

Which of the following is true about the legal criteria for rape?

A)Forced intercourse is not considered rape if it occurs between adults within their marriage.
B)Intercourse cannot be considered nonconsensual if the victim is drugged.
C)Forced intercourse is considered rape only if the victim is a woman and the attacker a man.
D)Intercourse is considered nonconsensual if the victim is unconscious.

Question 11

John asks his college classmate,April,out for a drink.April agrees and accompanies him to the bar.On the way back home,John pulls over in an alley and forces himself on April,despite her protests.Which of the following types of rape is this an example of?

A)gang rape
B)date rape
C)pseudo-rape
D)cyber rape

Question 12

Date rape

A)is sometimes committed with the help of drugs.
B)has no lasting physical health consequences.
C)is the least traumatic form of rape.
D)has no lasting psychological consequences.

Question 13

Rohypnol is often used as

A)an enemA.
B)a birth control pill.
C)a date-rape drug.
D)a diuretic.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about date rape?

A)Date rape sometimes results from male-female miscommunication.
B)If the woman agrees to go upon the date voluntarily,the rapist cannot be prosecuted.
C)Men are the victims of date rape more often than women.
D)Date rape seldom occurs on college campuses between students.

Question 15

Which of the following is true about suspicious schemas?

A)Sexually aggressive men have very weak suspicious schemas.
B)Suspicious schemas are typically broken down by castration.
C)Only women have been proven to have suspicious schemas.
D)Suspicious schemas can be altered with cognitive therapy.

Question 16

Which of the following refers to positive life changes and psychological development following exposure to trauma?

A)obsessive compulsive disorder
B)postpartum blues
C)posttraumatic growth
D)puerperal psychosis

Question 17

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)is

A)a congenital disorder.
B)experienced commonly by war veterans and rape victims.
C)experienced exclusively by pregnant women who have had consensual sex.
D)a personality disorder.

Question 18

Which of the following factors,according to research,explains why sexually aggressive men sometimes commit date rape?

A)They tend to have weak suspicious schemas.
B)They subscribe to the belief that women have sex drives more powerful than men.
C)They tend to perceive a woman's warmth and friendliness as sexual interest.
D)They tend to not have suspicious schemas.

Question 19

Which of the following can be used in prevention and treatment programs for sexual aggressors?

A)physiotherapy
B)chemical castration
C)physical castration
D)cognitive therapy

Question 20

_____ is defined as the long-term psychological distress suffered by someone who has experienced a terrifying,uncontrollable event.

A)Puerperal psychosis (PPP)
B)Puerperal disorder (PPD)
C)Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
D)Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)

Question 21

One of the theoretical views of the nature of rape considers the psychopathology of the rapist.According to this view,rape is an act that is

A)committed by a psychologically disturbed man.
B)precipitated by the victim.
C)endorsed silently by a matrilineal society.
D)endorsed silently by a patrilineal society.

Question 22

Victim-precipitated rape represents the tendency to

A)refrain from judging the victim.
B)blame the victim.
C)vindicate the victim.
D)blame the rapist.

Question 23

In which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape is gender inequality both the cause and result of rape?

A)the existential theory
B)the victim-precipitated theory
C)the experiential theory
D)the feminist theory

Question 24

Which of the following is true about marital rape?

A)It includes rape committed by a former spouse.
B)It refers to any form of physical assault upon a married woman.
C)It only covers rape committed by a current spouse.
D)It does not include rape committed by a cohabiting partner.

Question 25

Carol,who has been living with her boyfriend for three years,threatens to leave him after a nasty fight.He becomes angry,beats her,and rapes her so that she would be dominated into staying.This is classified as _____.

A)intimate partner rape
B)quasirape
C)date rape
D)pseudo-rape

Question 26

Which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape holds that the eroticization of violence in U.S.society is one of the causes of rape?

A)the existential theory
B)the victim-precipitated theory
C)the experiential theory
D)the feminist theory

Question 27

_____ theorists view rapists as the product of gender-role socialization and theorize about the complex links between sex and power.

A)Feminist
B)Positivistic
C)Existentialist
D)Virtual

Question 28

Research indicates that marital rape

A)violates the law only if committed by a former spouse.
B)may be committed to achieve power and domination over one's wife.
C)is unlikely to affect the stability of a marital relationship.
D)occurs only in primitive societies and not urban societies.

Question 29

Helen's husband insisted on having sex with her despite her constant protests and struggling.This act by Helen's husband is an example of

A)pseudo-rape.
B)quasirape.
C)marital rape.
D)date rape.

Question 30

Which of the following is true about Rohypnol?

A)It causes the victim to not remember the rape the next day.
B)It increases the victim's sexual appetite.
C)It makes the victim more responsive to stimulation.
D)It awakens the victim's pleasure receptors.

Question 31

Marital rape is

A)one of the most reported crimes in American society.
B)as traumatic to the woman as any other form of rape.
C)not a violation of the law if committed by a current spouse.
D)seldom linked to marital violence or domestic abuse.

Question 32

Bokolowa is a conservative country in which a rape victim is almost always punished for the incident and the rapist seldom prosecuted.Its citizens believe that rape occurs because a woman invited it in some way.Which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape does this society adopt?

A)Rapes are related to the psychopathology of rapists.
B)Rapes are victim-precipitated.
C)Rapes are the result of social disorganization.
D)Rapes are the result of sociopolitical anomie.

Question 33

Which of the following refers to a drug that is administered to women during dates to induce drowsiness or sleep so as to facilitate rape?

A)minipill
B)roofie
C)multipill
D)diuretic

Question 34

Which of the following is used as a date-rape drug?

A)Minipill
B)Flunitrozepam
C)Loestrin
D)Lycopene

Question 35

What does a date-rape drug do?

A)It increases the victim's sexual appetite.
B)It makes the victim more responsive to stimulation.
C)It awakens the victim's pleasure receptors.
D)It knocks the victim unconscious.

Question 36

At a party,Bill points out a scantily-clad woman to Ted.He says,"If a woman dresses like that,can she really blame a man for trying to rape her? In that skirt,she's just asking for it." Which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape does Bill adopt?

A)Rapes are related to the psychopathology of rapists.
B)Rapes are the result of social disorganization.
C)Rapes are victim-precipitated.
D)Rapes are the result of anomie.

Question 37

Paula told her mother that she'd been raped at a nightclub.Her mother responded with,"What were you doing at the nightclub? If you had stayed at home it would never have happened." Which of the following views about the nature of rape does Paula's mother take?

A)Rape is caused by the psychopathology of rapists.
B)Rape is the result of social anomie.
C)Rape is precipitated by the victim.
D)Rape occurs due to social disorganization.

Question 38

Amanda went to a party with her boyfriend.At the party,he surreptitiously added Rohypnol to her drink which made her feel very drowsy.On the pretext of taking her home,he took her to a motel and raped her.Here,Amanda is a victim of _____.

A)autoeroticism
B)quasirape
C)date rape
D)coprophilia

Question 39

Which of the following can be classified as intimate partner rape?

A)Angela,who was sexually abused by her teacher as a child
B)Chloe,who was raped repeatedly by her uncle as a child
C)Jennifer,who was raped by the man she was cohabiting with
D)Betty,who was molested by her next door neighbor

Question 40

Which of the following is true about the theoretical view of the nature of rape that considers the psychopathology of the rapist?

A)It holds that rape is a normal response to women who behave provocatively.
B)It holds that the psychological deviance of the rapist is responsible for the crime.
C)It holds that rape is silently sanctioned by matrilineal societies.
D)It holds that rape is silently sanctioned by patrilineal societies.

Question 41

Which of the following is true according to research conducted on the characteristics of rapists?

A)They are more likely to be sexually nonchalant.
B)They generally possess a high degree of empathy.
C)They are more likely to have been victims of child sexual abuse.
D)They typically display high levels of inhibition.

Question 42

Which of the following has research found to be true of men as victims of rape?

A)The frequency of rape is the same for both men and women.
B)Men are never the victims of rape,they are always the perpetrators.
C)Unlike women,men who have been raped never display symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
D)Instances of men being raped commonly feature another man as the perpetrator.

Question 43

According to research,rapists

A)have never been sexually abused during their childhood.
B)often have a sense of entitlement involving male superiority and control.
C)typically display high levels of inhibition and self-restraint.
D)are generally homosexual,uneducated,and impoverisheD.

Question 44

According to research,which of the following is true about rapists?

A)The vast majority of them have had traumatic head injuries as a child.
B)They lack empathy and often don't feel that they've done anything wrong.
C)They seldom objectify women.
D)They are seldom sexually aggressive.

Question 45

Supporting the feminist theoretical view,research shows that _____ attitudes are correlated with men's history of sexual aggression.

A)asexual
B)hypermasculine
C)hypomasculine
D)bisexual

Question 46

Which of the following is true about prison rape?

A)It occurs only with women and never with men.
B)It is occasionally perpetrated by prison guards.
C)It occurs only with men and never with women.
D)It is mostly perpetrated by fellow prisoners.

Question 47

Research conducted on rapists found that they

A)were never sexually abused during their formative years.
B)always have high levels of inhibition and self-regulation.
C)may have experienced environmental triggers,such as being in a war.
D)do not have a sense of entitlement involving male superiority.

Question 48

War torn countries have a high incidence of rape.This illustrates how rapes may occur due to _____.

A)social disorganization
B)intrinsic integration
C)victim-precipitation
D)victim-vindication

Question 49

Research shows that rapists tend to be _____.

A)married men
B)asexual
C)homosexuals
D)repeat offenders

Question 50

Which of the following did the International Dating Violence Study indicate about the relationship between culture and rape?

A)The culture of a society has no impact upon the attitudes that men have toward rape.
B)There is a correlation,across cultures,between hostility toward women and rates of rape.
C)The culture of a society and its sexual scripts does not endorse rape directly or indirectly.
D)Cultural values make no difference to the way in which the victim of a rape is rehabilitateD.

Question 51

Which of the following traits have been found in rapists by researchers?

A)They are highly empathetic.
B)They tend to objectify women.
C)They typically have never faced sexual abuse.
D)They typically display high levels of inhibition.

Question 52

Which of the following is a finding of research conducted on rapists?

A)Rapists typically display high levels of inhibition.
B)Rapists are generally able to suppress aggressive impulses.
C)Rapists are seldom sexually aggressive.
D)Rapists are often characterized by poor self-regulation.

Question 53

Which of the following is true about the effect of alcohol on rape victims?

A)The basic pharmacological effects are the same as they are for perpetrators.
B)Alcohol consumption positively stimulates cognitive functioning such as decision making.
C)Alcohol leads to an increase in anxiety causing a woman to miss signs of danger in her environment.
D)Alcohol consumption may lead women to be more effective in resisting an assault if one occurs.

Question 54

Which of the following is true about sexual scripts?

A)They support rape when they don't portray women as submissive and sexually yielding.
B)They seldom act in concord with the values of the culture within which they function.
C)They do not affect the attitudes of adolescents or actions of adults toward rape.
D)They support rape when they portray men as oversexed and sexually aggressive.

Question 55

The commonness of rape,especially date rape,points to _____ of rapists as its most common cause.

A)psychopathology
B)hypermasculinity
C)hypomasculinity
D)homosexuality

Question 56

Han is a therapist who is trying to reduce the chances of Wilson,a convicted rapist,from committing the crime again.Which of the following steps is crucial to achieving Han's goal?

A)cultivating a sense of entitlement within the man that involves male superiority
B)strengthening the man's sense of hypermasculinity and building on his aggressiveness
C)training the man in empathy and challenging any cognitive distortions he might have
D)subjecting the man to either physical or chemical castration

Question 57

Which of the following theoretical view of the nature of rape holds that rapes occur more frequently when a community is not able to enforce norms against crimes in general?

A)the existential theory
B)the victim-precipitated theory
C)the experiential theory
D)the social-disorganization theory

Question 58

Early family influences may play a role in shaping a man into a sexual aggressor.Research has found that young men who are sexual aggressors are likely to have

A)had strict and dominant mothers.
B)had matriarchal family structures.
C)been sexually abused in childhood.
D)been asexual during their adolescence.

Question 59

Which of the following is true about the incidence of prison rape?

A)It is experienced more frequently by men than women.
B)It involves prison guards getting raped more frequently than prisoners.
C)It occurs only with men and never with women.
D)It is seldom perpetrated by fellow prisoners.

Question 60

Research shows that men who have been raped

A)experience no psychological aftereffects.
B)typically view the experience in an emotionally-detached manner.
C)experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)as women do.
D)go on to rape men as a form of retribution.

Question 61

The most common type of child sexual abuse is

A)forced vaginal intercourse.
B)forced anal intercourse.
C)fondling of the genitals.
D)forced oral sex.

Question 62

Prisoners use rape as a means of establishing a dominance hierarchy,thus proving to be a clear example of how rape is an expression of

A)power and aggression.
B)asexuality.
C)homonormativity.
D)empathy and self-regulation.

Question 63

Women who were sexually abused as children

A)are more likely to be preoccupied with sex.
B)are older at the time of their first voluntary intercourse.
C)are more likely to become mothers later than average.
D)are more likely to be asexual.

Question 64

Sexual contact between blood-relatives or between non-blood relatives constitutes _____.

A)voyeurism
B)frotteurism
C)incest
D)autoeroticism

Question 65

Which of the following actions is recommended we take to tackle rape at its root level?

A)Society should raise boys to be tougher and more aggressive.
B)Males should be socialized to be nurturant rather than aggressive.
C)Society should castrate the male children of sex offenders at birth.
D)Males should be pressured into demonstrating hypersexuality.

Question 66

An adult having sexual activity with a prepubescent child constitutes _____.

A)gerontophilia
B)pedophilia
C)formicophilia
D)coprophilia

Question 67

African-American women have a long history of non-disclosure of rape because

A)most rapes are perpetrated by known individuals.
B)they are seldom,if ever,the victims of rape.
C)they think they have no credibility as rape victims.
D)the law does not offer them any protection.

Question 68

According to research,in which of the following circumstances would childhood incest have the LEAST effect on adult sexual adjustment?

A)if the abuser is an adult with whom the child shares a close bond of trust
B)if the abuser is a parent with whom the child shares a close bond of trust
C)if the activity is consensual and occurs between siblings who are close in age
D)if it is nonconsensual intercourse performed by a stepfather or stepmother

Question 69

Which of the following is true about child sexual abuse?

A)Child sexual abusers are equally likely to be male or female.
B)Girls are victims of child sexual abuse more often than boys.
C)Most cases of child sexual abuse are reported.
D)Boys are mostly sexually abused by women.

Question 70

The great majority of perpetrators of child sexual abuse are men and not women.Which of the following is a possible reason for this?

A)The sexual script for men involves partners who are smaller and younger than themselves.
B)Men are less likely than women to have a sense of entitlement involving gender superiority.
C)Women are less likely than men to have a high sense of inhibition and self-regulation.
D)Men are culturally socialized more toward seeing sexuality as focused on emotional relationships rather than as part of sexual

Question 71

_____ refers to the inability to recall important personal information,usually of a traumatic nature.

A)Dissociative amnesia
B)Restorative amnesia
C)Refractory amnesia
D)Transient global amnesia

Question 72

Wilfred found himself sexually attracted to his 21-year-old daughter and eventually seduced her and had sex with her.This constitutes _____.

A)necrophilia
B)scoptophilia
C)incest
D)frotteurism

Question 73

Among the male victims,research shows that the majority of prisoners who were raped

A)had no physical injuries.
B)were never required to give oral sex.
C)showed no emotional trauma.
D)were forced to have receptive anal sex.

Question 74

According to research,child sexual abuse

A)is extremely rare in urban societies.
B)happens to boys most frequently.
C)is often perpetrated by men.
D)occurs only in primitive societies.

Question 75

The most frequent suggestion given by the prisoners themselves for ending rape in prison is to

A)chemically castrate violent prisoners.
B)physically castrate violent prisoners.
C)isolate prisoners from each other completely.
D)segregate those who are most vulnerable.

Question 76

The majority of men who were raped

A)reported severe emotional consequences.
B)showed no sign of emotional trauma.
C)were found to be victimized as children too.
D)showed no sign of physical trauma.

Question 77

The latest form of child sexual abuse involves

A)sexual solicitation on the Internet.
B)autoeroticism.
C)sexual fondling of the genitals.
D)forced oral sex.

Question 78

Which of the following is true about rape and ethnicity?

A)African-American women are less likely to be raped than white women.
B)African-American women are less likely to report rape than white women.
C)Hispanic women are not as psychologically disturbed as African-American women.
D)White women are not as psychologically disturbed by rape as Hispanic women.

Question 79

Which of the following is an instance where ethnic heritage can help in reducing rape?

A)The sense of self-entitlement involving male superiority in Caucasian men reduces rape.
B)The importance of saving face in Asian cultures deters Asian men from committing rape.
C)The matriarchal values in Latino culture allow women unrestrained sexual freedom.
D)The sexualization and objectification of African-American women reduces rape frequency.

Question 80

If adolescent boys did not have to demonstrate that they are _____,perhaps there would be no rapists.

A)hypomasculine
B)hypersexual
C)nurturing
D)passive