Long and Short Term affects of Sexual assault

like in the law in order SVU episode its very apparent that there are several long and short term effects to being sexually assaulted, in the episode Harper is sexually assaulted and right away shows the effects of what can happen, the stress of the rape kit, feeling uneasy, having to retell and re live in her mind the whole traumatic event. after 6 months of no closer of the event she starts to show more of the long term effects of the insistent, wearing shoes to bed, taking martial arts classes , not having sexual intercourse with her boyfriend and eventually leaving her boyfriend. even thou this is a fictional story it demonstrates quite a few long lasting effects sexual assaults can leave on a person. 

 http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2013/05/06/20799531.html in the link this tells about a man who allegedly drugged and raped a girl he met online, some impacts this may have on the victim is she may be afraid to meet new people go out in public places date etc. 

in my opinion something we could do to soften the terrible impact on victims is give them support don't badgger them and make them re-live the event just be supportive and have the government offer more support groups therapy etc   and not let the media so far into the victims life and exploiting there emotions the event was hard enough on the victim without the media turning lies into stories.