Preventive Health Services Administration
Sexual Assault Follow-up Program
FAQs
What is Sexual Assult?
Range of Sexual Assault Behaviors
- Verbal Harassment
- Voyeurism (peeping tom)
- Indecent Exposure
- Attempted Contact
- Contact (fondling, masturbation)
- Penetration (digital, penile, tongue, object of the vagina, anus, or mouth- including forcing the victim to perform any of these acts on the offender)
Rape
- Forced sexual intercourse of a child or adult.
Child Sexual Abuse
- In the District of Columbia, sexual activity with a child under 16 years of age, regardless of “consent” is considered a criminal act known as First Degree Child Sexual Abuse. It is assumed that a child under 16 does not possess adequate information consent, and certainly does not understand the consequences of sexual involvement. Child sexual abuse most often involves intimidation and manipulation instead of force.
Acquaintance Rape
- Forced sexual penetration by someone you have met previously such as a co-worker, neighbor, classmate, friend of a friend.
Date Rape
- Forced sexual penetration by someone you have willingly to be with and have agreed to go out with.
Spousal Rape
- Forced sexual penetration by a spouse.
Sexual Assault Statistics
- 25% (1 IN 4), of females are raped at some time in their life.
- Studies suggest that 75% of women with disabilities are raped at some time in their lives.
- 90% of child victim 12 and under knew their offender. 43% were victimized by a family member.
- 1 in 6 males are sexually assaulted by the age of 18.
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