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Trauma ASSIST

Sexual Violence

    • Rape e.g. being forced to have vaginal, anal or oral sex;
    • Stalking e.g. repeatedly being followed or watched by someone;
    • Unwanted touching e.g. pinching, patting, embracing, rubbing, groping, flicking, kissing, fondling, being touched on the breasts, bum, legs etc;
    • Sexual harassment e.g. sexual jokes or rude comments about a person’s sex life;
    • Obscene gestures e.g. simulating masturbation in front of a person;
    • Voyeurism e.g. being watched doing intimate things without permission;
    • Unwanted sexual comments or jokes e.g. comments about a person’s body or relationships;
    • Sex-related insults e.g. calling someone a slut, dyke, homo, slag etc;
    • Pressuring for dates or demand for sex e.g. invitations that turn into threats or not taking ‘no’ for an answer;
    • Indecent exposure e.g. someone showing private parts of their body or ‘flashing’ their genitals;
    • Being forced to watch or participate in porn e.g. taking a photo without permission, forcing someone to be on video, making someone watch a pornographic movie;
    • Offensive written material e.g. sexual notes, letters, phone messages, emails, SMS, pictures;
    • Incest/intra-familial child sexual assault e.g. a family member e.g. father or brother engaging in sexual activity with a child or young person;
    • Unwanted, offensive and invasive interpersonal communication through technologies such as mobile phones, internet social networking sites and email.

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