Abuse Survivor Journal

identifying the abuse

I have experienced this

I have done this

examples of sexual abuse

Forcing sex Demanding sex Unwanted touching Name-calling with sexual epithets Forcing you to engage in prostitution or pornography Forcing you to have sex with other people Insisting on anything sexual that frightens or hurts you Refusing to use safe sex practices Preventing you from using birth control Controlling your decisions about pregnancy Withholding sex as a form of control Videotaping or photographing sexual acts without your permission Forcing you to watch someone masturbate Sending unwanted obscene texts/phone calls /messages Deliberately causing pain during sex Using sexually degrading insults Sexual jokes Using sex to coerce compliance Verbal comments about your body or clothes Pressuring you to have sex Spreading sexual rumors about you Displaying obscene hand or mouth gestures Leering or staring at your body Spying on you while in the bathroom/shower/changing clothes Pinching, grabbing, holding on to you Making you feel guilty when you don’t want to have sex Forcing you to touch yourself Performing sexual acts on you while you’re sleeping or unconscious Repeated unwanted sexual attention Prostituting or trafficking you