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John Davis
Hi:
Thank you, Paul, for bringing this to my attention. NCFM inadvertently left out paragraph (b) from the model statute. We'll get it fixed.
In the meantime, here is paragraph (b):
(b) No person (including any government personnel or any other person including judicial persons) shall reveal the identity of any person accused of rape or sexual assault until such time as a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final judgment, with all appeal rights exhausted, declaring the person to be guilty of rape or sexual assault; any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Felony.
If you are so inclined to be kind, you might parenthetically mention in the Petition that I am the author of the model statute.
Best regards and good luck,
John
Thank you, Paul, for bringing this to my attention. NCFM inadvertently left out paragraph (b) from the model statute. We'll get it fixed.
In the meantime, here is paragraph (b):
(b) No person (including any government personnel or any other person including judicial persons) shall reveal the identity of any person accused of rape or sexual assault until such time as a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final judgment, with all appeal rights exhausted, declaring the person to be guilty of rape or sexual assault; any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Felony.
If you are so inclined to be kind, you might parenthetically mention in the Petition that I am the author of the model statute.
Best regards and good luck,
John
John Davis
Evie: We know it from gender neutral surveys conducted by the CDC and the USDOJ beginning in 2013. Prior to 2013, there was a genderized definition of rape which only allowed women and girls to report rape. The Department of Justice changed that definition in February of 2012 to a gender neutral definition. Since that change in the federal definition of rape, which includes men and boys as victims, men and boys are now included on the federal surveys as victims of rape. Women rape men and boys at about the same rate as the other way a round.
It is called the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and is widely available on the internet from both the Center for Disease Control and the US Department of Justice. Both agencies conduct the same survey every year.
It is called the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and is widely available on the internet from both the Center for Disease Control and the US Department of Justice. Both agencies conduct the same survey every year.
John Davis
That is an excellent question, David. Thank you for asking that question.
I had the same question from the audience last August when I delivered a presentation on the subject at the University of Toronto.
Men and boys respond to sexual assault by women in much the same manner as women or girls respond to sexual assault.
The first effect on a boy who a woman sexually assaults is that it tends to freeze the boy's psycho-social and psycho-sexual development at the age at which the boys was sexually assaulted.
This often means that not only are the boy's social and intimacy skills frozen at the age of the assault, it also means in many cases that his neurological development in these areas may also freeze at that age.
As the boy continues to grow into adulthood, his ability for maintain healthy boundaries in relationships, and, to establish new relationships are severely impaired because they are frozen at a much younger age. In many cases he is literally incapable of developing meaningful adult skills for forming intimate relationships or maintaining intimate relationships.
There is often a delayed reaction for the boy as he grows into adulthood. At first, he may (and usually does) start experiencing depression and anxiety from the sexual assault. As he matures, he is likely to develop crushing anxiety and depression as he does not have the social and neurological capacity to function as an adult.
Many boys who are victims of sexual assault will suicide in their teens. Many will be able to survive into their thirties and forties before the anxiety and depression becomes so severe that it becomes what psychiatrists and neurologists call: "treatment resistant clinical depression." This type of depression does not respond to medications or counseling assistance.
This type of depression requires serious medical intervention to control the man's exposure to long term stress and address inflammation of the brain that results from that exposure to long term stress. It is very stressful to have to live as an adult with only a child's social skills, and, also have to deal with stress, depression and anxiety. It is a vicious circle.
Here is a link to a video of my presentation in Toronto for a more detailed explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4Vo...
I had the same question from the audience last August when I delivered a presentation on the subject at the University of Toronto.
Men and boys respond to sexual assault by women in much the same manner as women or girls respond to sexual assault.
The first effect on a boy who a woman sexually assaults is that it tends to freeze the boy's psycho-social and psycho-sexual development at the age at which the boys was sexually assaulted.
This often means that not only are the boy's social and intimacy skills frozen at the age of the assault, it also means in many cases that his neurological development in these areas may also freeze at that age.
As the boy continues to grow into adulthood, his ability for maintain healthy boundaries in relationships, and, to establish new relationships are severely impaired because they are frozen at a much younger age. In many cases he is literally incapable of developing meaningful adult skills for forming intimate relationships or maintaining intimate relationships.
There is often a delayed reaction for the boy as he grows into adulthood. At first, he may (and usually does) start experiencing depression and anxiety from the sexual assault. As he matures, he is likely to develop crushing anxiety and depression as he does not have the social and neurological capacity to function as an adult.
Many boys who are victims of sexual assault will suicide in their teens. Many will be able to survive into their thirties and forties before the anxiety and depression becomes so severe that it becomes what psychiatrists and neurologists call: "treatment resistant clinical depression." This type of depression does not respond to medications or counseling assistance.
This type of depression requires serious medical intervention to control the man's exposure to long term stress and address inflammation of the brain that results from that exposure to long term stress. It is very stressful to have to live as an adult with only a child's social skills, and, also have to deal with stress, depression and anxiety. It is a vicious circle.
Here is a link to a video of my presentation in Toronto for a more detailed explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4Vo...
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