Sexual violence
is any forced or coerced sexual activity. Sexual abuse against women can
include:
 | Making
demands for sex |
| Making
degrading sexual statements |
| Forcing
sex in general or while she’s sleeping |
| Committing
violent sex acts |
| Inserting
objects into her vagina or anus against her will |
| Insisting
she view or imitate pornography |
| Forcing
her to have sex with other men or women |
| Forcing
or coercing her into prostitution |
| Pressuring
or forcing her to pose for pictures |
| Coercing
sex in a way she doesn’t want |
| Checking
her underwear |
| Not
disclosing a sexually transmitted infection |
| Withholding
sex if she doesn’t act the way he wants |
| Making
her beg or feel cheap or dirty if she wants sex |
| Expecting
sexual access whenever he wants |
| Disclosing
her intimate behavior to others |
| Telling
her that having sex with him will prove she’s faithful |
| Threatening
to rape someone else if she doesn’t have sex with him |
| Refusing
to use a condom or other form of birth control or disease protection |