Sexual Abuse

The following are examples of sexual abuse:

• Unwanted touching,
• Withholding sex,
• Demanding sex,
• Forcing sex,
• Name-calling with sexual epithets,
• Demanding sex after a violent incident,
• Forcing you to engage in prostitution or pornography,
• Forcing you to have sex with others besides your partner,
• Insisting on anything sexual that frightens or hurts you,
• Refusing to use safe sex practices,
• Preventing you from using birth control,
• Controlling your decisions about pregnancy and/or abortion,
• Alleging that you have a history of prostitution on legal papers,
• Telling you that "as a matter of law" in the United States that you must continue to have sex with him whenever he wants until you are divorced.