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Affirmative consent
: A knowing, voluntary, and mutual decision among all participants to engage in sexual activity. Consent can be given by words or actions, as long as those words or actions create clear permission regarding willingness to engage in the sexual activity. Silence or lack of resistance, in and of itself, does not demonstrate consent. The definition of consent does not vary based upon a participant's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression (SUNY, n.d.).
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Child molestation
: A crime of any sexual act with a minor.
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Human trafficking:
The acquisition of persons by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.
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Incest
: Sexual relations between people classed as family members or close relatives.
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Rape:
A form of sexual assault, that can be defined as, sexual penetration without consent (Sexual Assault, n.d.).
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Reproductive coercion:
“Pressuring someone to have sex or messing with their birth control to cause a pregnancy” (What is sexual and reproductive control, n.d.).
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Sexual coercion
: ‘“The act of using pressure, alcohol or drugs, or force to have sexual contact with someone against his or her will” and includes “persistent attempts to have sexual contact with someone who has already refused”’ (What is Sexual Coercion, n.d.).
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Sexual harassment
: Defined by federal guidelines and legal rulings and statutes, consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or physical conduct of a sexual nature used as a condition of employment or promotion or that interferes with an individual’s job performance and creates an intimidating or hostile environment.
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Sexual violence (SV):
Any sexual contact or behavior occurring without the explicit consent of the victim (Sexual Assault, n.d.). In other words, any unwanted sexual contact.
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Statutory rape:
Any sexual relations with someone under the age of consent.