Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse refers to any type of non-consensual sexual contact. Victims can be women or men of any age. Sexual abuse by the partner or a close person can include the use of derogatory words, refusal to use contraceptive methods, deliberately causing physical pain to the partner during sexual intercourse, deliberately infecting the partner with infectious diseases or infections of sexual type, or using objects, games or other things that cause pain or humiliation without the consent of the partner.