Problem: those who experience sexual violence often do not
have an outlet to speak about their experience. Sexual violence is not spoken
about very much as it is seen as a taboo topic. This is due to many root causes
whether it is because of society’s need to victim blame, victim guilt, the
legal system letting victims down, relationship pressures, just to name a few.
Other than therapy, I have not really seen many outlets for
people who experience sexual violence. Even then many do not seek a licensed
therapist to heal. Sexual violence is a widespread issue. Here are some
statistics to prove how widespread this issue is purely just in the United
Stated:
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1 in 5 females, 1 in 71 males will be raped
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51% females reported rape was with a partner
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81% of women, 35% males some form PTSD
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90% of campus sexual assault victims do not
report
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66% of college students experience some form of
sexual harassment
Source: https://www.nsvrc.org/node/4737
My product is a smartphone app that is a community for those
victims- think Reddit or Facebook but for those assaulted or raped. Whether it
is from relationships, their childhood, campus violence etc., since the topic
is not widely discussed as much as it should be, being a victim is often lonely
because you do not know who the other victims are. If there is a community for
movie lovers, sports enthusiast, health addicts, there should be a community
for those impacted by sexual violence. It makes the world a bit less lonely and
scary knowing there are others like yourself.
The app itself will be free. However, just like Snapchat,
Instagram, YouTube, and FaceBook will run ads to generate revenue. I want this
app to be free because not everyone is as financially stable as others and
everyone deserves a safe place like my app to openly discuss, socialize with people
just like themselves. I want this app to impact lives and not purely just be a
money maker.
Hi Megan,
ReplyDeleteI think that the solution to your opportunity can help in some aspect. By having an app that serves as a community for people affected by this opportunity, you are going to create a sense of mutual support. However, crimes like these are going to still happen if we don't come with a solution that solves this opportunity. I know that coming up with solutions to this situation is hard but at least something can be done to reduce sexual assault rates. Your app idea is very interest. Making a community for the people that have been affected by this is a good start. Thank you for sharing!
Hey Megan,
ReplyDeleteThe idea sounds good, it could help a lot of people that need to let things out of their system. This is a problem that has been a round for a lot of time, and there is still not a solution that could eradicate the problem completely. The only thing I personally would have trouble with is the adds part, only if the add has something remotely to do with the issue the app is trying to help with, then it would make sense. I wouldn't like to be expressing my heart out about a delicate subject and an add of hamburgers, or tequila to pop out in the middle of the discussion. There are apps that don't let you fulfill the purpose of the app because every five seconds a new add appears and disrupts you moment continuously. Other than that, I think it is a solid idea.
Hey Megan,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good and helpful idea that would that targets an audience that has not received the recognition it should. Every year there are more and more people who are sexually assaulted or have experienced sexual violence and many of them are not even on the statistics because they are too afraid to speak about it or bring it up. I think this opportunity is very exploitable and could benefit so many people. I like to direction that you took in searching for an opportunity as well.
I'm glad your more focused on helping people rather than making a profit, we need more people like you in the world. I think this is such a great idea, it will really help people feel like their not alone since it is difficult to seek help and support on this topic. I think an app is a great way to exploit this opportunity and add revenue should be more than enough profit. I think you chose a great topic and I hope you follow through with this support platform.
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