Any situation in which you are forced to participate in unwanted, unsafe, or degrading sexual activity is sexual abuse . Forced sex, even by a spouse or intimate partner with whom you also have consensual sex, is an act of aggression and domestic violence. Furthermore, people whose partners abuse them physically and sexually are at a higher risk of being seriously injured or killed.

Women are not the only ones who experience abuse.

If you’re a man in an abusive relationship, it’s important to know that you’re not alone. It happens far more than you may think.

Men can and are victims of domestic violence as well. Men normally don't report it because they are more ...