| Sexual abuse, or rape, impacts the lives of countless families every year. The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 of every 6 American girls or women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. Many victims never tell because of fear, embarrassment and a lack of resources. |
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What is sexual abuse?
Sexual abuse can take many forms.
Sexual abuse can be:
A touch or kiss that you didn't want
Touching you in sexual or personal areas
Making sexual gestures to you
Forcing you to have sex
perform oral sex
receive oral sex
have sex with other people
be watched having sex with other people
Looking at your body parts
Having you watch sexual or pornographic movies or pictures
Asking to see or touch your body parts
Saying sexual things to you
Asking to perform sex acts after being told no
Making sexual comments about your body
Even if you decide to have sex, you have a right to change your mind and stop at
anytime. Not respecting your no is abuse.
Bottom line, you have control of your body.
No one has a right to touch your body unless you give them consent to touch
you.
No one, not your boyfriend, your father, your mother, your teacher, your sister,
your brother, your husband, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH YOUR
BODY UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO.
Sexual abuse can take many forms.
Sexual abuse can be:
A touch or kiss that you didn't want
Touching you in sexual or personal areas
Making sexual gestures to you
Forcing you to have sex
perform oral sex
receive oral sex
have sex with other people
be watched having sex with other people
Looking at your body parts
Having you watch sexual or pornographic movies or pictures
Asking to see or touch your body parts
Saying sexual things to you
Asking to perform sex acts after being told no
Making sexual comments about your body
Even if you decide to have sex, you have a right to change your mind and stop at
anytime. Not respecting your no is abuse.
Bottom line, you have control of your body.
No one has a right to touch your body unless you give them consent to touch
you.
No one, not your boyfriend, your father, your mother, your teacher, your sister,
your brother, your husband, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TOUCH YOUR
BODY UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO.
| Contact us: Healing@woundedwings.org (262) 432-2563 |
| Stand is a support group to help survivors with the recovery process. We stand together so we will never fall victim again. Meetings are held in a secure location. Call 262-432-2563 or email us for more information. |
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