SUMMARY
The project discussed term "sexual predator" can refer to people who display several different types of behavior, all of which revolve around the search for or participation in sexual acts. In some cases, the term may refer to someone who aggressively seeks out sex or sexual acts, or someone who seeks out a sexual partner in a predatory way, such as stalking. In other cases, a sexual predator may be someone who seeks out sex, even if it is consensual sex, but does so either in an aggressive or an obvious manner. A sexual predator should not be confused with a sex offender, though in some cases the terms are interchangeable.1
This project also discussed the Sexual violence as a profound impact on physical and mental health of the victims. Sexual violence in armed conflict is associated with the use of force, threats of weapons, manipulation or coercion against the victims. Rape as an act of sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war and has been documented in many conflicts including those in Algeria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Liberia, Rwanda, Central Africa, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Mali, Nigeria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria(Amnesty International, 2011).According to John (1998), sexual violence is any form of sexual activity where consent is not obtained from the partner. It occurs whenever an individual is coerced,2 forced or manipulated into sexual activity without her/his consent or engaging in sexual relationship with a victim who cannot resist based on the age, illness, disability or under the influence of substance such as alcohol. Other form of sexual violence includes aggressive sexual behavior such as sex without consent known as rape. Other components of sexual violence include forced kissing, forced breast and genital fondling, attempted rape and forced exposure to pornography, incest, child sexual assault, ritual abuse, non-stranger rape, statutory rape, marital or partner rape, sexual exploitation, sexual contact, sexual harassment, voyeurism, forced abortion and rape during armed conflict. Others include showing one’s genitals or naked body to others without consent, masturbation in the public. Sexual violence happens to people of all ages, races, genders, religions, professions, ethnicities, friends, neighbors or relatives. According to World Health Organization (2001), sexual violence as “ any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work”. Conceptual Explanation of Rape.
