Complete 6 pages APA formatted article: Rape Trauma Syndrome. A few of the circumstances in which a woman is not in a position to give consent sexually include when they face threats of harm if she is drugged, unconscious, or drunk, if she is a minor, if she is under procedures medically or if developmentally disabled (de Visser, Smith, Rissel, Richters& Grulich,2003). By definition sexual assault is any sexual activity that someone is involved in against their will(Brown, Testa&Messman-Moore, 2009). Worth noting is that rape is just one form of sexual assault.

Sexual assault or attempted sexual assault survivors go through a significant amount of trauma. This can be emotional or physical and can happen during, immediately after the assault, or long after the assault has been committed. During the trauma, the victims show different symptoms that are experienced consistently as noted by de Visser, Smith, Rissel, Richters, and Grulich (2003). These are grouped under what is known as rape trauma syndrome. By definition rape trauma syndrome is the psychological trauma experienced by rape survivors. these include behavioral disruptions physically, emotionally, cognitively, and interpersonally (University of California Irvine, 2014). A victim can experience one or many disruptions at a time. These have the tendency to come and go. Some survivors try to block the memories and thoughts of the painful experiences yet others would want to talk about it over again and again.

Those who experience the assault go through post-assault trauma whether they are adults or children as noted by de Visser, Smith, Rissel, Richters, and Grulich (2003). Trauma is experienced in the same way but with differences related to age. Whether male or female, the trauma is experienced basically the same way through the major difference is that when a man experiences assault by other men or by women infrequently, the man’s masculinity is&nbsp.always in doubt.&nbsp.