What kinds of violence affect women on college campuses?
Dating Violence Dating violence is abusive and violent behavior in dating relationships. It happens in both heterosexual and same sex relationships. It covers a wide range of behaviors that include verbal and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and physical violence. Domestic Violence Domestic violence constitutes the willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault, or other abusive behavior perpetrated by one family member, household member, or intimate partner against another. Sexual Assault A sexual assault occurs when someone touches any part of another person’s body in a sexual way, even through clothes, without that person’s consent. Some types of sexual acts which fall under the category of sexual assault include forced sexual intercourse (rape), sodomy (oral or anal sexual acts), child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape. Stalking Stalking is engaging in a course of conduct or repeatedly communicating to another under circumstances that demonstrate either of the
