Impact on Loved Ones
Sexual violence can affect parents, friends, partners, children, spouses, and/or coworkers of the survivor. As they try to make sense of what happened, loved ones may experience similar reactions and feelings to those of the survivor. Fear, guilt, self-blame, and anger are a few common reactions.
Impact on Communities
Schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, campuses, and cultural or religious communities may feel fear, anger, or disbelief if a sexual assault happened in their community. Additionally, there are financial costs to communities. These costs include medical services, criminal justice expenses, crisis and mental health service fees, and the lost contributions of individuals affected by sexual violence.
Impact on Society
The contributions and achievements that may never come as a result of sexual violence represent a cost to society that cannot be measured. Sexual violence endangers critical societal structures because it creates a climate of violence and fear.
–“The Impact of Sexual Violence,” National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Based on the passage, which statement best summarizes the effects of sexual violence?
Sexual violence affects the survivor’s loved ones, communities, and society.
Sexual violence affects the survivor’s friends, family, and coworkers.
Sexual violence affects schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, campuses, and religious communities.
Sexual violence costs communities financially due to medical services and criminal justice expenses.
