Rape and Violence Overview
Acts of sexual violence include, but are not limited to, rape, sexual assault, child sexual abuse/molestation, domestic violence, incest, sexual harassment, stalking, sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, and sex-related hate crimes. For more detailed information on a specific type of sexual violence, or for information on what to do if you or someone you know has been subjected to some type of sexual violence, view the pages listed below. In more legalistic terms, sexual violence is "any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person's sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work" (Jewkes, Sen, and Garcia-Moreno, p. 149).
Sexual Violence Overview
- Rape Info
- Date Rape Drugs
- How do I reduce my risk for assault?
- Myths and Facts about Sexual Assault and Harassment
- Rape
- Rape and Abuse Hotlines & Websites
- Rape by Women
- Sexual Violence - Aftermath
- What to do if you have been assaulted
- What to do in case of date rape
- Domestic Violence
- Characteristics of a Batterer
- Characteristics of an Abusive Relationship
- Cycle of Violence
- Domestic Abuse Hotlines
- Forms of Abuse
- Self-Worth
- Sexual Violence - Related Links
- What to do if you are being abused.
- Why She Stays
- Sexual Abuse in Childhood
- How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor
- Sexual Predators in Cyberspace
References
Jewkes, Rachel, Sen, Purna, Garcia-Moreno, Claudia. "Sexual Violence." World Report on Violence and Health. Ed. Krug
Etienne G., Dahlberg, Linda L., Mercy, James A., Zwi, Anthony B., Lozano, Rafael. Geneva: The World Health Organization. 2002:
147-181.