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discovered? Although posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is sometimes considered to be a relatively new diagnosis, as the name first appeared in 1980, the concept of the disorder has a very long history. That history has often been linked to the history of war, but the disorder has also been frequently described in civilian settings involving natural disasters, mass catastrophes, and serious accidental injuries. The diagnosis first appeared in the official nomenclature when Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Also, a victim's values and perceptions of a trafficker can also be affected by the need for survival such as in Withelma Ortiz Case. She was 10 when she met a man who began selling her for sex. After five years of abuse, her pimp was arrested on sex-trafficking charges and when he was put on trial, she refused to testify against him. A decision that she now considers was made due to Stockholm Syndrome. Stockholm Syndrome is a survival technique used by victims of forced will, such as sex trafficking

Also bringing “Sex War: The Debate between Radical and Libertarian Feminists” by Ann Ferguson into the conversation, this paper will discuss the current academic debate between radical feminists, those who believe that often times when women voluntarily choose to be sexual

sources, listed in the ‘Notes’ section of her book, are many, and paint a heart-wrenching image of pornography and female heterosexuality at the time of the book’s publication. One cannot deny the extent to which women endured family sexual abuse, rape, battery, and coercion during the

syndrome is an anxiety disorder that differs from other disorders due to its origin, or traumatic event. The severity, duration, and proximity to the event are some risk factors of the disorder. Post-traumatic stress situations are most associated with war and battle. However, sexual abuse, emergency workers and anyone involved in a catastrophic event can have symptoms relating to post-traumatic stress. Previous presence of a mental illness can make a person more vulnerable to the onset of stress related

have been disrupted by one or more traumatic experiences”(Swan & Persis, 2016). It is trauma and stressor related, a disorder that depends on a factor outside a person. Types of events that can lead to the development of PTSD include physical assault, rape and sexual assault, military combat, torture, mass violence, natural disasters, transportation or workplace disasters, explosions and fires, life-threatening epidemics and radiation. Repeated traumas or being exposed to long duration of traumas may

Victims are held against their will with no way to find other work besides being a sex slave. Other victims are forced into prostitution and are forced to stay. Sex trafficking is illegal in nearly every country in the world, along with kidnapping, rape, and prostitution, the most common factors of this crime. “Of all forms of slavery, sex slavery is one of the most exploitative and lucrative with some 200,000 sex slaves worldwide bringing their slaveholders an annual profit of $10.5 billion.” (americanhumanist

In recent years American universities such as, the University of Chicago and Tufts University have publicly expressed their grievances about trigger warnings on campus. Both universities communicated to their students that they will not support trigger warnings since challenging curriculum and free thinking is needed for students to succeed in the classroom. Trigger warnings have constantly been in the center of media criticism. Because of this, some readers of this article might have preconceived

Examples of traumatic events experienced directly include military combat, violent personal assault (sexual assault, physical attack, robbery, mugging, being kidnapped, being taken hostage, terrorists attack, torture, incarceration as a prisoner of war or in a concentrationcamp, natural or manmade disasters, severe automobile accidents. Examples of events experienced by others that are learned about. Learning of a violent personal assault, serious accident, or serious injury experienced by a family

how was it discovered? Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is sometimes considered to be a relatively new diagnosis, as it first appeared in 1980, the concept of the disorder has a long history. That has often been linked to the history of war, but the disorder has also been frequently described in natural disasters, mass catastrophes, and serious accidental injuries. The diagnosis first appeared in terminology when Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-I was published