Sexual assault is a highly traumatic experience that affects every survivor differently. The response that someone has to being sexually assaulted or abused can depend on the age of the victim, the severity of the crime, the relationship between the abuser and the abused, the victim’s available support system, and more. Read on to learn why some people stay quiet about sexual…
Age of consent laws are critical in sexual assault and abuse cases. Consent is someone’s agreement to participate in sexual activity. Engaging in sexual acts with someone without that person’s consent is a crime. If an individual is younger than the age of consent in a particular state, he or she cannot legally agree to sexual activity. The age of consent in…
