User:Caregan25/sandbox

Name Christine Regan

1. Very clearly tell me the topic you have chosen below. It is best if you have narrowed it down to a short phrase at most. This should reflect the subject heading and/or subheadings you will write on within Wikipedia.

My topic is sexually abusive relationships.

2. Regarding your chosen topic, what is your impression of the content currently available on Wikipedia? Why do you feel that you need to contribute this content? Are you creating a new page, fixing a pre-existing page, or adding to a pre-existing page, or something else?

I don’t believe the information on sexually abusive relationships on Wikipedia is adequate. It does not describe the full extent of sexually abusive relationships because it narrowly defines sexual abuse. I would be adding to the pre-existing page on sexual abuse.

3. Describe the current state of the content on Wikipedia. Link me to what is there so I can see as well. If there is nothing available, what keywords and phrases have you tried? Even if there is nothing, give me a sense of what a person might be able to learn about something close to what is available. This will give you a sense of how hard people have to try to find information about that topic.

The closest that the Wikipedia article gets to defining sexually abusive relationships is a two sentence summary of sexual abuse among spouses. This is barely enough to describe sexually abusive marriages, let alone sexually abusive relationships in general. Sexual abuse

4. What needs to be done to create change for this topic? If you are creating something brand new, what sections do you envision it having? Please keep this reasonable because of our short and accelerated time frame. And remember that you won’t know and be able to share EVERYTHING in this short time, but a good solid start is still important.

I would probably edit the section Victims, specifically the subsection Spouses. I would most likely rename it “intimate partners” and include and expand the information on sexually abusive marriages. I’d like to redefine what sexually abusive relationships are and perhaps include some percentages of the prevalence of these relationships in America. I’d love to include information from the following page as a reference if possible: http://www.loveisrespect.org/is-this-abuse/types-of-abuse/