{"id":6634,"date":"2024-10-30T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/consequences-de-la-violence-sexuelle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:17:20","slug":"consequences-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/en\/understand\/consequences-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consequences of Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<header class=\"header-primary-a section-block with-background orange-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container container-main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title-1\">The Consequences of Sexual Violence\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"drawing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-standard section-block with-background beige-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sexual violence, even without physical contact, leads to devastating consequences for children and adolescents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the short term, young victims of sexual violence can suffer from significant emotional, psychological, and physical health problems. Severe repercussions can also manifest in multiple areas of functioning, including adaptation and interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation, cognition, memory, neurological functions, mood, behavior, attention, attachment, and impulse control.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-standard section-block with-background purple-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title title-2\">Emotional and Mental Health Issues\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Young victims of sexual violence are significantly more at risk of exhibiting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Post-traumatic stress symptoms<\/strong> (nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance behaviors, hypervigilance).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anxiety symptoms<\/strong> (fear, nervousness, hypersensitivity).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Depression symptoms<\/strong> (bad mood, negative self-evaluation, difficulty experiencing pleasure).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aggressive behaviors<\/strong> (disrespect, opposition, lying, theft, unjustified aggressive words and gestures toward others, bullying).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suicidal ideation<\/strong> and suicide attempts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-harming behaviors<\/strong> (lacerating skin, severely scratching skin, burning skin).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms of dissociation and depersonalization<\/strong> (feeling of unreality or disconnection from one\u2019s body).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t<section class=\"text-media-c section-block with-background cream-theme\" data-scroll-section>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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infections).<\/li>\n<li>Exchanging sexual acts to meet needs (housing, money, clothing, transportation).<\/li>\n<li>Aggression and violence in relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Running away (nearly twice as likely).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Young people who have been victims of sexual violence are more at risk of experiencing a teenage pregnancy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Girls who are victims of sexual assault are 2.2 times more likely than their non-victim peers to become pregnant.<\/li>\n<li>Boys who are victims of sexual assault are more likely than their non-victim peers to cause a pregnancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Young victims of sexual violence are more at risk than non-victims to present a series of physical health problems (obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiopulmonary symptoms, diabetes, gynecological problems).<\/p>\n<p>These consequences can lead to major disruptions in the mental development trajectory of young people and often have long-term repercussions, potentially leading to dysfunction 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