Awareness about sexual assault

What is sexual assault? Sexual assault happens when someone touches another person in a sexual manner without their consent. Or when someone makes another person take part in a sexual activity with them without that person's consent. It includes unwanted kissing and sexual touching. Sexual assault refers to many different forms of sexual violence – the phrase we use to describe any sexual activity or act that happened without  consent . Any sexual assault is a serious crime that  can have a lasting impact on the victim or survivor. No-one ever deserves or asks for it to happen.  100% of the blame lies with the perpetrator or perpetrators. You might have heard people talking about sexual assault on TV shows or in the news. However, because it's such a broad term, lots of people aren't sure what it really means. But, the most important thing to remember is: if someone has done something sexual to another person without their consent then it's sexual violence. And it's...

  What is consent? Consenting to someone touching you in a sexual manner means agreeing to it by  choice  and having both the freedom and  capacity  to make that choice. It is  NOT  consent if you or someone else was: Asleep, unconscious, drunk, drugged or 'on' drugs. Pressured, manipulated, tricked or scared into saying yes. Too young or vulnerable to have the freedom and capacity to make that choice. Consent can be withdrawn at any time, including during sex or a sexual act. Just because someone consented to something before doesn’t mean they consented to it happening again. If someone’s unsure whether the other person is giving their consent for something sexual, they should always check with them. Does sexual assault have to involve force? It’s a really common myth about sexual assault, rape and other kinds of sexual violence and abuse that they have to involve physical force or leave the person with visible injuries. But that isn’t true. Ther...

What is sexual assault? Sexual assault happens when someone touches another person in a sexual manner without their consent. Or when someone makes another person take part in a sexual activity with them without that person's consent. It includes unwanted kissing and sexual touching. Sexual assault refers to many different forms of sexual violence – the phrase we use to describe any sexual activity or act that happened without  consent . Any sexual assault is a serious crime that  can have a lasting impact on the victim or survivor. No-one ever deserves or asks for it to happen.  100% of the blame lies with the perpetrator or perpetrators. You might have heard people talking about sexual assault on TV shows or in the news. However, because it's such a broad term, lots of people aren't sure what it really means. But, the most important thing to remember is: if someone has done something sexual to another person without their consent then it's sexual violence. And it's...