Pros And Cons Of Reporting Her Rape
1) I think Jocelyn’s concerns about reporting her rape were completely justified. Unfortunately, the possibility of authorities not believing her was quite high, especially considering the time that passed between the assault and when she was encouraged to report it and lack of witness and evidence. The scrutiny that rape victims are under during investigation and/or trial is also quite a big factor discouraging them from reporting to authorities.
I think the therapist did the right thing in not reporting the assault against Jocelyn’s wishes because it would have violated her trust and likely set back her progress.
While Jocelyn’s English professor had the freedom to go against Jocelyn’s wishes, I think it was a good thing that she didn’t because …show more content…
Their lack of trust made Jocelyn even more fearful of reporting the assault then she already was and more frustrated with her lack of control over her personal life.
I think her friends would have been more helpful to her if they were more concerned with helping her then they were with assuaging their own fears. Their reactions only distressed her further when they could have been exactly what was needed to alleviate her fears.
3) I do think that PTSD can develop in people who witness a traumatic event as opposed to experiencing it directly because seeing something traumatic is just as outside of normal human experience as experiencing that trauma. In other words, humans are just as poorly equipped to deal with the stress of seeing something traumatic happen as they are to have something traumatic happen to them.
I think one way of gathering empirical evidence to answer this question would be to compare the ratio of people who directly experienced a traumatic event and started exhibiting symptoms of PTSD against the ratio people who witnessed a traumatic event and started exhibiting symptoms of
I think the therapist did the right thing in not reporting the assault against Jocelyn’s wishes because it would have violated her trust and likely set back her progress.
While Jocelyn’s English professor had the freedom to go against Jocelyn’s wishes, I think it was a good thing that she didn’t because …show more content…
Their lack of trust made Jocelyn even more fearful of reporting the assault then she already was and more frustrated with her lack of control over her personal life.
I think her friends would have been more helpful to her if they were more concerned with helping her then they were with assuaging their own fears. Their reactions only distressed her further when they could have been exactly what was needed to alleviate her fears.
3) I do think that PTSD can develop in people who witness a traumatic event as opposed to experiencing it directly because seeing something traumatic is just as outside of normal human experience as experiencing that trauma. In other words, humans are just as poorly equipped to deal with the stress of seeing something traumatic happen as they are to have something traumatic happen to them.
I think one way of gathering empirical evidence to answer this question would be to compare the ratio of people who directly experienced a traumatic event and started exhibiting symptoms of PTSD against the ratio people who witnessed a traumatic event and started exhibiting symptoms of