What is Sexual Assault?

 

Sexual violence violates a person's trust, autonomy and feeling of safety.

 

It occurs any time a person is forced, coerced, and/or manipulated into any unwanted sexual activity.

 

The range of sexual violence includes rape, incest, child sexual assault, ritual abuse, date and acquaintance rape, statutory rape, marital or partner rape, sexual exploitation, sexual contact, sexual harassment, exposure, human trafficking and voyeurism.

 

Rape is a crime. It is motivated by the need to control, humiliate, and harm. It is not motivated by sexual desire. Rapists use sex as a weapon to dominate and hurt others.

 

Sexual Assault Resources

• Wyoming Division of Victim Services 

• Wyoming Center for Legal Aid

• Wyoming Health Council

• Strong Families Strong Wyoming 

 

• 1in6

• BestColleges - Sexual Assault on Campus

• Forge

• Just Detention International

• Men Can Stop Rape

• MenHealing

• National Alliance to End Sexual Violence

• National Center for Victims of Crime

• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

• National Sexual Violence Resource Center

• No More

• Polaris Project

• Rape Abuse Incest National Network and National Hotline

• Resource Sharing Project

• SCESA: Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault

• The Campus Program the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

• VAWnet: National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women 

• Vision of Hope