Sexual violence can be physical:
- someone touching you inappropriately
- someone making you touch them inappropriately
- forcing you to have sex (even if you have had sex with them previously or were having sex and decided you didn’t want to continue)
- genital mutilation (sometimes referred to as female circumcision or cutting).
Sexual violence can be non-physical:
- using words or threatening you with sexual violence
- making you look at someone else doing sexual acts
- sending intimate photos or videos (such as nudes) of you to others or posting them online without your permission
- sending menacing, harassing or offensive messages that are sexual in nature.