Sexual abuse Includes any unwanted or forced sexual activity, including touching and intercourse. It also includes the possibility of exposure to sexual transmitted diseases and/or pregnancy by denying the use of protection during intercourse, and forced exposure to or participation in pornography or prostitution. It also includes withholding sex and demeaning women sexually through jokes and sexual accusations.

SEXUAL ABUSE CHECKLIST

• Withholds sex to punish you
• Pressures you to have sex
• Forces you to have sex against your will
• Pressures you to have sex after being abused
• Pressures or forces you into unwanted sex acts
• Treats you like a sex object
• Inflicts pain on you during sex

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