Sexual abuse occurs when someone forces you to take part in sexual activity when you do not want to.
Sexual abuse includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Touching in a sexual manner without consent (i.e., kissing, grabbing, fondling);
- Forced sexual intercourse;
- Forcing a person to perform sexual acts that may be degrading or painful;
- Beating sexual parts of the body;
- Forcing a person to view pornographic material; forcing participation in pornographic filming;
- Using a weapon to force compliance;
- Exhibitionism (exposure of sexual parts of body to others);
- Making unwelcome sexual comments or jokes; leering behaviour;
- Withholding sexual affection;
- Denial of a person’s sexuality or privacy (watching);
- Denial of sexual information and education;
- Humiliating, criticizing or trying to control a person’s sexuality;
- Forced prostitution;
- Unfounded allegations of promiscuity and/or infidelity; and,
- Purposefully exposing the person to sexually transmitted infections.
