Rape, attempted rape, sexual caresses, sexual intercourse through physical or emotional aggression, exposure of the sexual organ and masturbation without the other person's consent... All of this is sexual abuse.
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Besides, Sexual abuse is also when the victim is unable to identify the act as an attack, either because they are a child and are not old enough to understand what is happening, or because they have a physical or mental disability. People who are drunk or using drugs are also not in the right state of mind to say 'no'.
As main victims are usually womenbut homosexuals, Crianças, teenagers e elderly also experience situations of abuse.
Forms of sexual abuse:
- Vaginal, anal or oral rape;
- Attempted rape;
- Sexual caresses, without the victim's consent;
- Sexual relations using emotional means and/or physical aggression;
- Exposure of the sexual organ by the aggressor or masturbation in front of the victim;
- Rubbing the sexual organ against the victim's body or over clothing;
- Touching the victim's genitals, buttocks or breasts, over or under clothing;
- Convincing or forcing girls, boys and adolescents to touch the aggressor's genitals;
- Orogenital contact between the aggressor and the victim;
- Introduction of objects or instruments into the victim's vagina or anus;
- Forcing the victim to be naked or to show parts of their body;
- Ejaculate on the victim’s body;
- Observing or photographing children or adolescents while they carry out private activities, such as going to the bathroom, taking a shower, putting on or taking off their clothes.
In addition, other forms of sexual abuse are when a person forces another to caress their genitals, masturbate the aggressor or witness conversations with sexual content, watch sexual acts or obscene shows, films or takes photos of the victim naked to show to others .
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⚠️ Attention: girls and women can get pregnant; In this case, it is possible to resort to legal abortion, as long as a police report is registered proving the sexual abuse.
To do this, the victim must go to the police station and report what happened. As a rule, a woman should carefully observe the victim's body for signs of aggression, rape, and it is necessary to carry out a specific examination to identify the presence of the aggressor's secretions or sperm in the victim's body.
Support lines
If you are a victim of sexual abuse, witness or suspect sexual abuse, call any of the following helplines:
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- 190: and the number of military police, who can be contacted in cases of arrest or when sexual abuse is occurring at that time;
- 181: and the support number to anonymously report sexual abuse;
- 180: is the number of Help Center for Women in Situations of Violence, that is, from the Women’s Police Station.
A Women's Police Station is the main police body in Brazil that was created to assist women, children and adolescents who are victims of sexual, physical and moral violence.
At the Women's Police Station, incident reports are registered, investigations and investigations of crimes are carried out, in addition to requesting preventive measures provided for in the Maria da Penha Law and forwarding reports to the Legal Medical Institute (IML).
@curtonews ❗Sexual abuse is a crime. If you are a victim, witness or suspect this crime, call any of the available emergency numbers. #CurtoNews ♬ original sound – Curto News
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