Corrective Rape: Sexual Violence Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ+ Prejudice
Corrective rape is sexual violence committed with the claimed purpose of changing, punishing, or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Bodily Autonomy Violation: Consent, Control, and Bodily Rights
A bodily autonomy violation occurs when a person’s control over their own body is overridden through force, coercion, deception, unwanted contact, or nonconsensual treatment.
Trauma-Informed Care: Safety, Consent, Choice, and Autonomy
Trauma-informed care recognizes the effects of trauma and provides support through safety, choice, respect, informed consent, and reduced risk of retraumatization.
Mandatory Reporting: Abuse, Confidentiality, and Legal Duties
Mandatory reporting requires certain professionals to report specified suspected abuse or harm, which can create legal limits on confidentiality.
Rape Culture: Victim Blaming, Consent, and Sexual Violence
Rape culture describes social attitudes that normalize, excuse, minimize, or trivialize sexual violence while often shifting responsibility toward victims.
Victim Blaming: Sexual Violence, Consent, and Responsibility
Victim blaming shifts responsibility for abuse or sexual violence onto the person harmed instead of focusing on the actions of the person who caused it.
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Consent, Drugs, and Incapacity
Drug-facilitated sexual assault occurs when alcohol or another substance contributes to a person being unable to give meaningful sexual consent.
Stealthing: Nonconsensual Condom Removal and Sexual Consent
Stealthing is the intentional removal or interference with a condom during sex without a partner’s knowledge or consent, violating agreed sexual boundaries.
Sexual Violence: Consent, Coercion, Assault, and Bodily Autonomy
Sexual violence includes sexual acts, contact, or coercion without freely given consent and can affect people of any gender, age, or relationship status.
Sexual Assault: Meaning, Consent, Forms, and Support
Sexual assault involves sexual contact or activity without valid consent, including rape, unwanted touching, coercion, and acts involving someone unable to consent.