sexual abuse
Nonconsensual harmful contact
Sexual abuse is sexual contact or behavior imposed on someone without consent, or on someone incapable of giving consent—typically a child, but also adults in situations involving force, coercion, or incapacity.
It encompasses a range of acts from unwanted touching to rape.
Child sexual abuse specifically involves sexual acts with minors, who cannot legally consent regardless of circumstances.
Violent offensive act
- molestationCriminal unwanted sexual contact
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
perpetrator · predator · boundary violation · consent · non-consensual · harassment · incest · rape
One still alive after
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
healing · recovery · dissociation · triggers · hypervigilance · anxiety · depression · shame
Conveying documented information
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
statute of limitations · mandatory reporting · victim advocacy · restraining order · testimony · evidence · trial · offender registry
Systematic development of mind
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- screeningEvaluative selection process
training · child protection · bystander intervention · red flags · warning signs · safe environments · policy
assault
Violent offensive act
- molestationCriminal unwanted sexual contact
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
grooming · perpetrator · predator · boundary violation · consent · non-consensual · harassment · incest · rape · trafficking
survivor
One still alive after
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- therapyCurative mental treatment
counseling · healing · recovery · dissociation · triggers · hypervigilance · anxiety · depression · shame · guilt
reporting
Conveying documented information
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
sentencing · statute of limitations · mandatory reporting · victim advocacy · restraining order · testimony · evidence · trial · offender registry · accountability
education
Systematic development of mind
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
screening · training · child protection · bystander intervention · red flags · warning signs · safe environments · policy
- Catholic controversiespedophilia, cover-ups, coverups, birth control, contraception
- elder abuseelder neglect, elder fraud, senior neglect, caregiver neglect, elder rights
- abusemistreatment, maltreatment, cruelty, neglect, violence
- sexual ethicschastity, adultery, human sexuality, consent, faithfulness
- abuse traumadomestic violence, neglect, survivors, trauma therapy, PTSD
- childhood traumaneglect, ACEs, emotional neglect, physical neglect, abandonment
sexual abuseconsensual sex
Intercourse with mutual permission
lovemaking · sexual autonomy · sexual freedom · bodily autonomy · enthusiastic consent
sexual abusetrauma recovery
Regaining stability after damage
nurturing · therapeutic care · child safeguarding · protection · safeguarding
abuse, sexual, abused, abusive, pansexual, abuser, bisexual, homosexual, unisex