Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape?

Appendix

Appendix Section 1: Demographics 1. How old are you? years 2. What is your race/ethnicity?
White, not Latina/Hispanic
Latina/Hispanic
Native American
African American
Asian American
Asian/Pacific Islander
Mixed (please specify)
Other (please specify) 3. Sexual identity?
lesbian
bisexual
transgendered/transsexual (living full-time)
pre-operative
post-operative
non-operative 4. Present partner status? 5. What is the highest educational level you have completed?
less than high school
GED
high school graduate
some college
4-year college graduate
advanced degree after college
other certificate program (please specify ) 6. What is your occupation? 7. What is your annual income? 8. How did you hear about this study? 171 172 A P P E N D I X Section 2: Sexual Violence Events/Experiences I am defining sexual violence to mean any unwanted sexual activity. Contact sexual activities include: touching parts of the body, kissing, vaginal penetration by objects, vaginal penetration by fingers, oral sex, anal sex, rubbing, and being forced to do things to yourself. Noncontact sexual activities include forced viewing of pornography or other sexually explicit material and being forced to watch sexual activity of others. 1. When you were a child or an adolescent (under 18), were you sexually abused/a victim of incest?
no
yes how many times? who was/were the perpetrator(s)? how old were you at the time(s)? 2. As an adult (18 and over) have you ever been sexually abused/assaulted by a male?
no
yes how many times? who was/were the perpetrator(s)? how old were you at the time(s)? 3. Related specifically to sexual violence against you as an adult (18 and over) by another woman please describe what happened. If this has occurred more than once, please number and separate the events, and use additional paper if necessary. Please write legibly. In the description, include: • your age at the time • who this other woman was to you (date, partner, lover, acquaintance, etc.) • what she did to you • if either of you were drunk or high at the time of the incident(s) • any other significant aspects of the incident(s) A P P E N D I X 173 Section 3: Labeling the Event Below is a list of words. The following questions address if, at the time, you felt any of these words ‘‘fit’’ what happened to you (that is, did you use any of them to describe what happened to you). If there was more than one event and the labels are different, please indicate if your labels of the events differ and why they differ. Otherwise, treat your multiple incidents as one time. Use additional paper if necessary. • rape • sexual assault • sexual coercion • sexual abuse • rough foreplay • sexual miscommunication • nonconsensual sexual activity 1. What do you think is the difference between these terms? 2. Are any of these the label or labels you used at the time? 3. Why would you pick one over the other to describe your experience? 4. If none of the above words ‘‘fit’’ at the time, what word or words did you use to describe your experience? 5. Did your label of the event change from the time it happened to the next day, next week, next month, or years later? If so, how did it change, and what influenced it to change? 174 A P P E N D I X Section 4: Response to Sexual Violence 1. What was the emotional impact of the violence against you? 2. What were your immediate responses to what happened to you?
I told someone (who?) When did you tell?
I called the police
I called a hotline
I called or went to rape crisis
I called or went to a battered women’s agency
I went to the hospital
I went to a therapist
I didn’t respond immediately
other (please specify) 3. Were you concerned about a homophobic/biphobic/transphobic reaction when you reached out as described in 2?
yes. Why?
no. Why?
I didn’t respond immediately 4. Were you concerned you wouldn’t be believed?
yes. Why?
no. Why?
I didn’t respond immediately 5. Are there services that you wish had been available for you to use at the time? If so, please specify. 6. Looking back on it now, if there is something you wished you had done differently during and/or after the incident(s) please describe. 7. Is the...