Sexual Violence

Physical sexual acts attempted or perpetrated against a person's will or when a person is incapable of giving consent (e.g., due to the person’s age, use of drugs or alcohol, or because of an intellectual or other disability prevents the person from having the capacity to give consent).  Sexual violence includes, but is not limited to rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse, and sexual coercion.  All such acts of sexual violence are forms of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX.