Sexual violence is any type of sexual activity in which one of the partners does not consent, consents by force, or threat of force. Sexual violence can take many different forms such as stranger rape, date/acquaintance rape, marital rape, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, incest, and gang rape. Women, children and men can be sexually assaulted. In every instance it is about power and control, an expression of hostility and assertion of power; it is NOT about sex. Most often the abuser is known to the woman.