Sexual Assault and Sexual
Abuse
Sexual assault is any form of sexual penetration,
oral, anal, or vaginal, where the victim does not
- or is unable to - give knowing concent. Sexual
assault is also called RAPE. Acquaintance rape is
sexual assault when the victim knows the attacker.
Date rape is sexual assault when the victimis
attacked by an assailant while on a date.
Sexual abuse is sexual contact, not involving
penetration, in which the victim does not - or is
unable to - give knowing consent. Sexual contact,
not involving penetration, may include intentional
fondling by the assailant of the sex organs, but-
tocks, or breasts for the purpose of sexual grati-
fication of the assailant. The definition also
includes the victim being coerced into fondling
the assailant.
Statistics
*One if four college women become
victims of attempted or completed
rape during their college years.
*It is estimated that only 10% of rapes
are reported to the police.
*Only 27% of women who were sexually assaulted,
according to the legal definition of rape, perceive
themselves as being rape victims.
*In 60-80% of rapes, the assailant and the victim
know each other and, of these, over half of the
rapes happen on a date.
Please, take this simbol, and link it back to my site.
Help spreading the word!
Get your own Free Home Page