sexual assaults
Forced intimate attacks
Sexual assaults are physical attacks of a sexual nature—unwanted touching, groping, or forced sexual acts.
The term covers a range of violations from grabbing to rape, unified by the absence of consent.
The university reported three sexual assaults last semester.
In legal contexts, the specific acts that constitute sexual assault vary by jurisdiction.
- rapeOilseed brassica crop
- molestationCriminal unwanted sexual contact
- gropingSearching by touch alone
- violationBreaking of rules
- crimesUnlawful acts
criminal charges · rape kit · ravishment · violence · offense · abuse · statutory rape · aggression · coercion · incest · survivor guilt · safe space · predation · intimidation · marital rape · dissociation · defilements · bystander intervention
sexual assaultsconsensual sex
Intercourse with mutual permission
lovemaking · enthusiastic consent · conjugal relations · sexual consent
sexual assaultsbodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
sanctuary · protection · safeguarding · victim advocacy · care
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