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All of us are potental victims. One in three women and one in ten men will be assaulted in their lifetime.

A woman can charge her husband, or common law spouse, with sexual assault whether or not they are living together. Prior to 1983 this charge was not possible.

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Women are never to blame for an assault against them . Nothing justifies a sexual assault. The assailant is repsonsible for the attack.

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The assaulted woman may be very emotinal or very controlled. 9% of women are battered after an assault.

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69% of sexual assaults are commited by an attacker known to the victim.

Only 6% of sexual assaults are reported to the police. And only 1% of "date rape" assaults are reported.

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The greatest fear to being raped is being killed. Many women "submit" to the assault in order to survive. This does not imply participation or consent.

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Rape is a crime about power, not passion. Sexual assault is an act of aggression which almost always includes the use of force or the threat of force.

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The law defines sexual assault as anything from unwanted touching and forced kissing to genital/anal penetration.

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Less than half of the reported assaults is the assailant charged. The average sentance is less than two years.