Forms of Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse mainly takes on 2 forms – Contact and Non-contact abuse.
Contact abuse is where an abuser makes physical contact with a abused in form of touching, kissing and oral sex not just penetrative with out consent. This includes:
- rape
- deliberately causing pain during sex
- assaulting the genitals
- forced sex without protection against pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- forcing someone to perform sexual acts
- unwanted touching of any part of a person's body whether they're clothed or not with out their consent.
Non-contact abuse is where a child or young person is abused without being touched by the abuser. This can be in person or online and it includes;
- using sexually degrading insults
- unwanted exposure to pornography
- sexual jokes
- withholding sex as punishment
- using sex to coerce compliance
- exposing or flashing private parts to a child or young person
- making them masturbate
- forcing a child or young person to make, view or share child abuse images or videos
- forcing a child to take part in sexual activities or conversations online or through a smartphone.
