Rachel

Value or Idea- booth for abused teens at lunch Project- a booth Mentor- someone who works with abused teens
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 * **Language of the Experts**
 * **Proposal**

Muir School 4431 Mt. Herbert Ave. November 15, 2010

Dear Senior Advisory Committee:

The problems of sexually abused teens and children have been a great interest to me. In order to learn about the topic, I have decided to research how the victims are able to overcome what happened and how it felt to have to go through the sexual abuse. I would like to understand better why the rapist sexually abuses the victims. I believe this will be a learning stretch for me, both emotionally and intellectually because it’s hard to have to take a closer look at how the victims had to deal with the sexual abuse.

Did you know that one out of three girls and one out of six boys are sexually abused? My research paper will discuss the how the victim’s life is affected by the sexual abuse. I will look into how the victim is able to go through this and not be afraid to move forward in life. In my research I will be using books on people’s personal experiences and interview people that I know who have gone through this.

For my physical project I will be doing a brochure on how the victim’s life changes and the way they see life from a different perspective. I am planning to work more than 20 hours on this project. I am planning to do a booth at lunch. The booth is going to show what the victim went through, what they did to talk to someone for help, and it’s going to have websites and other programs that help sexually abused victims.

To make an international connection, I will post my brochure on a website(s) that has to do with sexually abused victims.

I understand that plagiarism is the same as stealing someone’s work. If I don’t give credit to my sources, I understand that I will fail the entire senior project, and I will fail my graduation requirements at John Muir School. Since this is not a risk I am going to take, I will be doing my own work and cite all of my sources.

Sincerely,

Rachel Wales

Anne: Check out also possibly posting your links on Glogster. melissa: spell check it again. Mr Loessel: A very sensitive topic but a good idea to bring awareness. Perhaps you could also include intervention programs and the legal implications. When a child is sexually abused what typically happens?

December 16 Essential Questions Why does sexual abuse happen? 3 reasons What should you do? 3 means of defense What is the difference between physical non-physical sexual abuse? law, punishment, prevention

**December 17 Thesis **  Specific topic + Attitude/Angle/Argument = Thesis

What you plan to argue + How you plan to argue it = Thesis

**January 4 Map** (a map which illustrates your topic)

**January 5 Works Cited** (at least two books, two database sources, two internet sources, one interview)

**January 7 Introduction** (50 -100 words)

**What is sexual abuse?** **What is teen sexual abuse?** · When the perpetrator is an adult (18 years or older) and forces someone under 18 into doing sexual activity with them. **What is Date rape?** · When the predictor is known to the victim. **What is physical teen sexual abuse?** · When actual physical contact is made, but that doesn’t mean that there was any intercourse. · Touching the genital areas of a teenager · Oral contact with genitals (either forcing the teen to perform oral sex or performing oral sex on the teenager). · Vaginal or anal intercourse. · forcing a teenager to masturbate in front of the perpetrator **What is non-physical teen sexual abuse?** · Sexual abuse does have to involve physical contact or [|sexual intercourse] · When the teen is forced to expose parts to the perpetrator. · Looking at the victim or recoding them w/o them knowing. **Facts for teen sexual abuse:** · 1 in 4 girls (25%) are sexually abused by the age of 18.
 * When someone forces another person into doing sexual activity.

**Facts for report and prosecution of teen sexual abuse**
 * 1 in 6 boys (17%) are sexually abused by the age of 18.
 * Most teen sexual abuse victims (7 in 10, or 70%) know their abuser.
 * A victim of one incident of teen sexual abuse is likely to experience further sexual abuse.
 * Teenagers account for 51% of all reported sexual abuse
 * Teenager’s b/w the ages of 16 and 19 are 3.5 times more likely to be victims of sexual abuse.
 * 69% of the incidences of teen sexual abuse occur in a residence.
 * 23% of all sexual offenders are under the age of 18.
 * Female victims of teen sexual abuse while in grades 9 through 12 are more likely than others to experience eating disorders, suicidal behavior, pregnancy and risky sexual behaviors.
 * Just because a drugged, drunk or scared person does not resist sex, it does not mean that he or she is not a victim of sexual abuse.


 * When sexual abuse is reported, the probability that an arrest will be made is 50.8%.
 * When teen sexual abuse does occur, the overall probability that the perpetrator will be sent to prison is 16.3%. - The average sentence for the perpetrator of a teen sexual abuse crime is 128 days.

Of men incarcerated for rape, of a form of sexual abuse, 80% of them reported that their victims were under the age of 18. 

**January 13 First supporting idea** (150-500 words) 3 reasons sexual abuse happens

**January 18 Second supporting idea** (150-500 words) 3 means of defense

**January 21 Third supporting idea** (150-500 words) law, punishment, prevention

**January 25 Conclusion** (50-100 words) How can we do better as a society? As a school?