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The Fear of being Sexual Assaulted Sexual assault is any forced, unwanted, and nonconsensual sexual contact or activity including touching, kissing exhibitionism, and any type of sexual intercourse. Sexual assault is a crime of violence, the purpose of which is to overpower or control another individual. Sexual assault is something that can happen to a person of any race, age, or gender, and is feared throughout the public. Sexual assaults happen everyday. To some of us, the fear of sexual assault is one of our biggest fears next to death. Why are we so scared of sexual assault? The answer to that question could be the way the media portrays rape and molestation or we could fear sexual assault due to our own experiences with it. Media plays a massive part in our way of thinking about events that happen in the world today. Many things are said in the news, newspapers, movies, and other sources of media that influence what the public will think about sexual assault. The facts that come from our media seem to be a dramatization of the true facts, which make the publics fears more dramatized. To know the true facts, the statistics about sexual assault, and how often it really happens, I think research is needed.
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