Sexual violence

Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that affects millions of women and men. In the United States, one-third of women and one-sixth of men experience sexual violence with physical contact at some stage in their lives. Statistics underestimate this problem as many victims did not tell the violence of police, family or friends

Sexual violence is any sexual activity without free consent. This includes victims who can not agree to complete or attempted sexual acts that violate the will of the victim or to promote the use of force or alcohol / drugs.

For details on the type of sexual violence and its definition, please see the definition page of sexual violence.

Sexual violence affects health in many ways and can cause long-term physical and mental health problems. For example, the victim may experience chronic pain, headaches, and sexually transmitted diseases. They often feel fear and anxiety and may have problems when trusting others. Anger and stress can lead to eating disorders, depression, and even suicidal ideation

Please call rape, abuse and incestuous national network (RAINN) hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE. Help is free, confidential, and available 24/7. Get information with RAINN

Sexual violence can be prevented. CDC technology package, STOP SV: a technology package to prevent sexual violence, which helps state and community to prevent sexual violence. The technology package is a series of strategies that will provide the best evidence of public health problems such as prevention and mitigation of violence. STOP SV is a resource for guiding and informing decisions on community and state prevention.

Reality: Sexual violence often intersects with other forms of violence and oppression. Migrant Max talks about sexual violence faced at work often and causes a fight against sexual violence in the workplace. For labor inequality, foreign aversion and mass imprisonment should always include sexual violence as an important part of liberation from oppressive systems. If you are at school, please look for opportunities to conduct projects and research related to sexual violence. Sexual violence is still one of the most reported crimes in the United States and information on how sexual violence occurs is still limited, especially in Latin America and immigrant communities.

Most people think that sexual violence is rape or sexual assault, but it includes many other forms of violence, including various forms of undesirable sexual contact. Sexual violence is a general term used to describe physical or psychological violence through sexual or sexual behavior. • Sexual violence is a form of power and control expressed in a sexual way. It is not limited to sexual assault (ie, unwelcome sexual contacts), but also includes gender roles and expectations of cultural norms, and everyone comes from a gender "gender box" of men and women. In other words, the stereotypes of people who are not sensitive to gender suffer from violence

Sexual violence occurs in every community and affects people of all gender and age. Sexual violence is all kinds of undesirable sexual contact. This includes descriptions and actions intended to be personal, not sexually agreed. People can use force, threat, manipulation or coercion to carry out sexual violence. There is a social background surrounding sexual violence. The social norm of resistance to violence, the exercise of power to others, the traditional structure of manhood, the conquest of women, and the silence of violence and abuse brought sexual violence. All forms of suppression are one of the fundamental causes of sexual violence. At all societal levels in our family, community, school, creed, workplace, and other environments, sexual violence can be prevented by the cooperation of community members. We all play a role in preventing sexual violence, establishing standards of respect, safety, equality and helping others.