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Sexual Orientation And The Disclosure Of Unwanted Sexual Experiences, Rebekah Kanefsky
Sexual Orientation And The Disclosure Of Unwanted Sexual Experiences, Rebekah Kanefsky
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, and other non-heterosexual orientations (LGBQ+) are significantly more likely to experience a sexual assault. To date, research on barriers to sexual assault disclosure (i.e., telling someone about a sexual assault) has been conducted almost exclusively on heterosexual women. Participants ages 18 to 30 participated in a cross-sectional, online study that assessed unwanted sexual experiences, disclosure of those experiences, perceptions of the police and perceptions of belonging to the LGBQ+ community. Findings demonstrated that survivors who identified as LGBQ+ took longer to initially disclose their sexual assault and had greater negative perceptions of …