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Sexual Assault Is

A general term that is gender neutral, to include many different crimes involving any forced or unwanted sexual conduct.

Sexual Assault includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Acquaintance Rape/Non-Stranger Rape
  • Date Rape
  • Drug/Alcohol Facilitated Sexual Assault
  • Indecent Exposure or “Flashing”
  • Forced Sodomy (Oral or Anal)
  • Gang Rape/Multiple Rape
  • Marital Rape or Marital Sexual Assault
  • Object Penetration (Foreign Object or Digital)
  • Same Sex Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Battery
  • Stranger Rape
  • Voyeurism or “Peeping Tom”

Related issues include:

  • Dating/Partner Violence (Dating/Domestic Violence)
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Stalking

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  1. Myths and facts about what sexual assault is.
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