Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual act. It can include anything from unwanted sexual touching, to rape and sexual exploitation. Sometimes a sexual assault injures the victim, or is life-threatening.

A sexual assault can happen in many ways. Many people wrongly think that the only kind of sexual assault is rape, or forced sexual intercourse. Many mistakenly think that sexual assault is always part of a violent attack, or that the victim must be injured for it to be called a sexual assault.

But in many cases, no violence is used – instead, the victim may be threatened with words or pressured into doing something she doesn’t want. These cases are also sexual assaults.
Sexual assault is against the law.