@article{ref1,
title="Female sexual assault: the impact on the male significant other",
journal="Issues in mental health nursing",
year="2005",
author="Smith, Marilyn E.",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="149-167",
abstract="In this existential-phenomenological investigation five men were interviewed about their experience of being a male significant other (MSO) of a female sexual assault victim. The purpose of the study was to understand the MSO's meaning of the rape and the emotional impact it had on him. The thematic structure of a man's response to having a female significant other sexually assaulted depicts an impact on his emotional life in four significant areas: (1) his immediate painful thoughts and feelings, (2) his relationship with the victim, (3) his world view on male attitudes, and (4) the long-term effects of the trauma. It is an experience that has left him feeling angry, helpless, and guilty, prompted him to self-inspection, and thus changed him forever.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-2840",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}