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What is Sexual Assault?
What is Sexual Assault?
- Any sexual act committed or attempted against a person’s will.
- Forced sexual contact by dates, spouses, family members, acquaintances or strangers.
- A range of acts, from obscene phone calls to forced, sexual intercourse.
- Any sexual contact you don’t want.
Rape is defined as sexual intercourse, sodomy or oral copulation accomplished against a person’s will:
- Through use of force or fear.
- Whether the person is male or female.
- When the person is prevented from resisting by alcohol or drugs administered by or with the knowledge of the offender.
- When the person is unaware of the nature of the act.
