Sexual misconduct refers to a range of unwelcome acts or behaviours of a sexual nature committed by force, intimidation, manipulation without consent or when the recipient is incapable of giving consent whether due to fear, incapacitation, unconsciousness, intoxication, a drug-induced state or any other reasons.
Acts of sexual misconduct can be perpetrated by or against anyone, irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, or relationship between complainants and respondents.
Sexual misconduct includes, but is not limited to the following examples:
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Sexual assault
- Kissing or hugging another person without consent
- Touching or brushing against another person’s body part(s) inappropriately without consent
- Butt-slapping
- Unwanted advances of a sexual nature
- Acts of voyeurism (which can include taking up-skirt photographs, and making, possessing and distributing unwarranted voyeuristic recordings)
- Engaging in sexual activity in public or online
- Using force, coercion or manipulation to make an individual engage in acts of a sexual nature
- Attempting to engage in sexual intercourse or sexual acts without consent
- Engaging in sexual intercourse or sexual acts without consent
- Exposing one’s genitals or other private body parts with intent to cause humiliation, alarm or distress
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Sexual harassment
- Making or sending unwanted suggestive or lewd remarks or jokes of a sexual nature
- Requesting for sexual favours
- Stalking or persistent unwanted attention causing harassment, alarm or distress
- Disseminating nude or revealing photographs or images with intent to cause embarrassment or distress
- Disseminating sexual or intimate materials without consent