Types of Sexual Violence
Sexual Assault
Sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim. This includes: fondling or unwanted sexual touching; attempted rape; forcing a victim to perform sexual acts like oral sex or penetrating the perpetrator’s body; and penetration of the victim’s body, known as rape.
Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity, period. When a perpetrator engages with a child this way, they are committing a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim for years. Child sexual abuse does not need to include physical contact between a perpetrator and a child. Some forms of child sexual abuse include (but are not limited to): Fondling; exposing oneself to a minor; masturbation in the presence of a minor; coercing a minor to masturbate; sex trafficking; intercourse or sex of any kind with a minor (oral, vaginal, anal); producing, owning, or sharing pornographic images or movies of children; obscene conversations, phone calls, text messages, or digital interaction, and any other contact of a sexual nature that involves a minor.
Incest
Sexual contact that occurs between family members.
Drug Facilitated
When alcohol or drugs are used to compromise an individual's ability to consent to sexual activity.
Intimate Partner
Intimate partner sexual violence is not defined by gender or sexuality, but by abusive behavior. There are many different terms to refer to sexual violence that occurs within intimate partnerships, including: intimate partner sexual violence, domestic violence, intimate partner rape, marital rape, and spousal rape.
Elder Abuse
A single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person.
Disability Sexual Abuse
Sexual assault and abuse of people with disabilities such as sensory (vision, hearing), cognitive, self-care, and ambulatory or mobility limitations.
Medical Professional
When a medical provider uses inappropriate touch, words, or practices. It’s not okay for them to examine privates without your consent or gloves, perform any exam without prior explanation and consent, insist that you undress parts of your body they are not examining, decline or omit the choice to have another person in the room with you, refuse to answer your questions or tell you to be quiet, refuse to tell you what they are doing when they are doing it, or ask you questions about your sexual activity that make you uncomfortable or are irrelevant.
Helping Professionals Sexual Exploitation
Sexual conduct of any kind between a professional and the person seeking or receiving a service. Helping professionals include doctors, therapists, professors, police officers, lawyers, religious leaders, and any other professional who offers a helping service.
Prisoner Rape
Prisoner rape includes any act of sexual violence committed against an inmate. The perpetrator may be another inmate, or they may be a staff member who works for the prison, jail, or detention facility.
Multiple Perpetrator
Multiple-perpetrator sexual assault occurs when two or more perpetrators act together to sexually assault the same victim.