Some estimates indicate that every six minutes of every day someone is sexually assaulted in the U.S. Myths abound about sexual assault. Sexual assault is a crime of violence. Assailants seek to dominate, humiliate and punish their victims.
Assailants overpower their victims with the threat of violence or with actual violence.
Especially in cases of acquaintance rape or incest, an assailant often uses the victim's trust in him to isolate her. It is impossible for a husband to sexually assault his wife. Regardless of marital or social relationship, if a woman does not consent to sexual activity, she is being sexually assaulted. A person who has really been assaulted will be hysterical. Each survivor copes with the trauma of the assault in a different way.