Sexual Victimization: Educating Psychology Majors about an Important Social Problem

This article describes a senior seminar titled “Sexual Victimization,” which dealt with recent psychological, sociological, and feminist literature on sexual victimization. Major topics addressed in the seminar were rape, childhood sexual abuse, and incest. The topics of pornography, sexual harassment, and sexual exploitation in the media were also covered. The article elaborates on course requirements, appropriate literature, possible community resources, special concerns in teaching such sensitive topics, and recommendations for other related courses on this topic.