Center for the Pacific Asian Family
1-800-339-3940 Toll Free 24-Hour Crisis Hotline

Sexual Assault (SA) can happen anywhere.  It is any kind of unwanted sexual conduct or attention, including:

 

  • Harassment: unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
  • Exhibitionism: forced obscene exposure
  • Voyeurism: being viewed, photographed, videotaped or filmed without consent
  • Stalking: a course of conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated visual or physical proximity, nonconsensual communication, or verbal, written or implied threats or a combination thereof, that would cause a person to fear
  • Fondling: the touching of the private body parts of another person forcibly and/or against that persons will
  • Attempted Rape and Rape: an act of sexual intercourse, by any object, accomplished without consent or against a person’s will by means of force, duress, coercion, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury. Rape can occur orally, anally, or vaginally.

 

Types of Rape

 

  • Stranger Rape: occurs when the survivor does not know the perpetrator
  • Acquaintance Rape: occurs when the survivor and the perpetrator are known to each other. This can include doctors, co-workers, and classmates
  • Date Rape: a form of acquaintance rape, occurs between someone the survivor knows casually, has gone on a few dates with, or someone the survivor is in a relationship with
  • Marital Rape: a form of acquaintance rape, occurs between spouses, when one of the spouses does not consent
  • Substance-Related Rape: occurs when (1) both parties voluntarily use drugs and/or alcohol and the perpetrator has sex with the survivor without her being conscious enough to consent, or (2) the rapist encourages or forces substance use in order to perpetrate the rape.
  • Gang Rape: occurs by two or more people as a part of the same incident
  • Child sexual abuse: sexual activities including a child and a person who is in a position of power or authority over the child or is in a caretaking relationship with the child
  • Oral Copulation: occurs when someone forces you to put your mouth on someone’s sexual organs or when someone forces their mouth on your sexual organs
  • Sodomy: forced anal penetration, forced oral penetration

 

What to do if you have been sexually assaulted:

 

  • Get to a safe place as soon as possible.
  • Call for help. Call 911 or CPAF at 800-399-3940. CPAF has 24-hour confidential services and bilingual hotline counselors.
  • Ask a friend or family member to stay with you for moral support.
  • Get medical help as soon as possible. Medical care is important to check for external and internal injuries and to determine the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy.
  • Preserve evidence of the attack. Do not bathe, brush your teeth, drink, change your clothes, and, if you can, do not go to the bathroom. Write down all the details you can recall about the attack and the attacker.
  • If you think you would like to file a police report, the sooner you report the better. Even if you file a police report, you can later choose not to participate in prosecution proceedings.
  • Obtain an Emergency Protective Order (EPO) from your police department.
  • Get support. There are resources available to assist you in your recovery regardless of your immigration status.

 

If you have been sexually assaulted, remember…

 

  • It is not your fault.
  • You are not alone. In the U.S., 1 in 6 women experience rape or attempted rape at some point in their lives.  Globally, 1 in 3 women are beaten, coerced into sex, or are otherwise abused.