Sexual Abuse: Sexual abuse is common and happens in many ways. Has your partner done any of these things to you?

  • told rude jokes or comments about women
  • sees women as sex objects
  • been jealous
  • accused you of having sex with another man
  • told you to dress in a more sexual way than you were comfortable with
  • forced you to strip, to have sex with him or others, to watch others have sex, to have sex after a beating, to have sex when you were sick or it was a danger to your health
  • forced you into prostitution
  • made fun of your feelings about sex
  • criticized the way you have sex
  • made you do sexual acts you did not really want to do
  • withheld sexual attention
  • called you sexual names like "whore", "frigid"
  • flirts or shows sexual interest in other women
  • had an affair
  • pornography (sexual pictures in magazines or videos) brought into your home against your will

Does your partner’s behaviour about sex, make you feel less interested in sex? Do you feel more ashamed of your body, less desirable and less confident? Does sex make you feel ashamed? Are you afraid to ask for, or say what you want sexually?

Did you know?

Sexual abuse is another form of abuse that is meant to shame, frighten and control you.