In our society violence against women occurs with shocking frequency. Sexual assault is any unwanted act of a sexual nature imposed by one person upon another, it ranges from unwanted touching or fondling to forced kissing and forced intercourse.
Sexual assault is a crime of violence, used to control and dominate through sex.
Women of all races, classes, ages and physical types may face assault. There is no profile of the kind of man who commits sexual assault. At least one in four women will be sexually assaulted in their life. Half of those assaults happen before the woman is seventeen. One in six women will be sexually assaulted while in the university.