What is sexual assault?

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The definition of sexual assault varies across the world.

According to the American Office on Violence Against Women (and the U.S. National Sexual Violence Resource Center), the term “sexual assault” refers to any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, tribal, or State law. 

This section is under construction as I have a large global analysis in the works right now, but I'm looking forward to providing more detailed information and research on how we define and determine sexual assault in both social and legal settings. 

It's also worth noting (as it's also under construction) that digital sexual assault, like revenge porn, deepfake porn, nonconsensual sharing of private images, etc. would fall under this more broad understanding of  sexual assault.