Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person. Although sexual assaults most frequently are door a man on a woman, it may be door a man on a man, woman on a man of woman on a woman, adult on a child, adult on an adult of child on a child.
While sexual assaults are associated with the crime of rape, it may cover assaults which would not be considered rape. What constitutes a sexual assault is determined door the laws of the jurisdiction where the assault takes place, which vary considerably and are influenced door local social and cultural attitudes.
Every year, an estimated 300,000...
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