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名詞

sexual assault (countable and uncountable, plural sexual assaults)

1. A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.
   • 1956, Albert Ellis, Ralph Brancale, The psychology of sex offenders‎, page 62:

     their sample consisted of a much higher percentage of sexual assault and forcible rape cases than does the sample employed in the present study

   • 1974, The Hennepin Lawyer, Volume 43‎, page 12:

     Sexual Assault Services had its inception with a two-part seminar on Sensitivity and Awareness Training for the County Attorney's staff in early 1974

   • 1974, New York Radical Feminists, Rape: the first sourcebook for women‎:

     Instead, rape became an issue when women began to compare their experiences as children, teen-agers, students, workers, and wives and to realize that sexual assault, in one form or another, was common.

   • 1975, Terry Ann Knopf, Rumors, Race, and Riots‎, page 62:

     Sometimes rumors of sexual assault operated prior to the riot

   • 1978, Sexual Assault of Children and Adolescents‎:
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity.

参考

• rape
• sex attack
• sexual abuse
• sexual violence
• indecent assault