RAPE: Sexual contact that
is forced or coerced, verbally or physically. This includes oral, anal
and vaginal penetration without consent that occurs between two or more
people regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or relationship
status. A sexual assailant may be a friend, acquaintance, date,
employer, relative, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse or stranger. Depending
on who the perpetrator and/or who the victim is, it can be called
Marital Rape, Intimate Partner Rape, Male Rape, Elder Rape, Date Rape or
Acquaintance Rape.
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND INCEST:
Any sexual activity perpetrated against a child by a person who is older
or more powerful. Often this occurs by threatening, forcing,
intimidating or manipulating the child into the sexual act. Incest
refers to any sexual contact between any family or household members,
including parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts/uncles,
step-parents, and live-in partners of parents. Incest usually occurs
between an adult and a child and is the most common form of sexual
assault.
RITUALISTIC ABUSE: This is
a particular form of violence that is characterized by the use of
rituals in the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of its victims. It
typically involves repeated abuse over an extended period of time and
often takes place within a closed group known as a cult.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION:
Forcing, coercing or tricking someone, either a child or an adult, into
posing for sexually explicit photographs or movies. Other forms of
exploitation include performing sexually explicit acts for the
entertainment or benefit of others and forcing or coercing someone into
dressing in a sexual manner for the entertainment or benefit of others.
