We use the term sexual harm to encompass all non-consensual behaviors of a sexual nature, or related to sex or gender, that causes a person to feel uncomfortable, frightened, distressed, intimidated or harmed either physically or psychologically. Examples of sexual harm include, but are not limited to:
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sexual assault/abuse
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sexual or gender-based harassment
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domestic/dating violence
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relationship abuse (abuse within any type of relationship, often by exploiting differences in power)
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stalking
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sexual exploitation.
For general definitions of these terms, please click here. To see how Brown University uses these terms for the Sexual and Gender Based-Misconduct Policy, please click here and for the Title IX Policy, please click here. For related definitions under RI state law, please click here, here, here, and here.