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Understanding Rape and Consent Explained

Rape is defined as non-consensual penetration of a person's vagina, anus, or mouth, and includes assault by penetration and stealthing. Sexual assault encompasses unwanted sexual touching or coercion, and consent must be freely given without any form of pressure. It's important to seek help if you experience these situations, as consent can never be assumed and can be revoked at any time.

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Understanding Rape and Consent Explained

Rape is defined as non-consensual penetration of a person's vagina, anus, or mouth, and includes assault by penetration and stealthing. Sexual assault encompasses unwanted sexual touching or coercion, and consent must be freely given without any form of pressure. It's important to seek help if you experience these situations, as consent can never be assumed and can be revoked at any time.

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WHAT IS RAPE?

If you didn’t give your consent for sex to happen, that’s rape. Rape is when someone
penetrates a person’s vagina, anus or mouth with their penis without consent.

Whatever the circumstances, nobody has the right to force you to have sex or have
sex with you without your consent, or agreement. If this happens to you, it’s important to
remember it’s not your fault.

If someone sexually assaults you by penetrating you with another part of their body
or another object, this is classed as ‘assault by penetration’. This is as serious an offence
as rape, and will be treated similarly to rape if taken to court.

The intentional removal of a condom during penetrative sex without the person’s
knowledge (sometimes called stealthing) is also rape.

What is sexual assault?


If someone intentionally grabs or touches you in a sexual way that you don’t like, or
you’re forced to kiss someone or do something else sexual against your will, that’s sexual
assault.

This includes sexual touching of any part of someone’s body, and it makes no
difference whether you’re wearing clothes or not.

Anyone can be sexually assaulted and anyone can commit sexual assault.

Get help now

If you need to speak to someone, we’re available every day, night and day. Find out
the different ways you can get confidential and free support now.

What is consent?

Giving sexual consent means you agree to be involved in or take part in any kind of
sexual activity. And you have the freedom and capacity to make that decision. This means
you’re not forced, coerced, tricked or scared into giving consent.

Consent can never be assumed, even in a relationship or marriage. Sex without your
consent is rape.

You may not be able to give your consent if you were under the influence of alcohol
or drugs, didn’t understand what was happening or were asleep. If you don’t have the
capacity to give your consent, it cannot be assumed.

You’re also allowed to change your mind at any point. If at first you wanted to have
sex but then decided against it, that’s OK and no one has the right to force you to continue.
If they don’t stop, then what they’re doing is sexual assault or rape.

The age of consent in the UK is 16 and a child under the age of 13 cannot legally
consent to any sexual activity.

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