Sexual misconduct

Sexual misconduct is misconduct of a sexual nature. The term may be used to condemn an act, but in some jurisdictions it has also a legal meaning.

Definitions

Common

Sexual misconduct encompasses a range of behavior used to obtain sexual gratification against another’s will or at the expense of another. Sexual misconduct includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and any conduct of a sexual nature that is without consent, or has the effect of threatening or intimidating the person against whom such conduct is directed.^[1]

In Religion

Buddism

In Lamrim Chenmo, the texts conclude that the four types of errors are sexual misconduct:^[2]

Being not with the right person: Including men having sex with men, with people of non-binary gender, with any women not being one's wife.
Being not with the right organ: Including having oral, anal sex and masturbation.
Being not at the right place: Including temples, public areas and rugged and rough places.
Being not at the right time: Including women's period, pregnancy, nursing, fasting and disease.

Among educators

Suzuki Harunobu - "Sexual Misconduct", from the book Fashionable, Lusty Mane’emon, 1770

A literature review of educator sexual misconduct published by the US Department of Education found that 9.6% of high school students have experienced some form of sexual misconduct ^[3] In 4% to 43% of cases, the abusers were women. Black, Hispanic, and Native American Indian children are at greatest risk for sexual abuse. Also at increased risk are children with disabilities; the reason for this may be their greater need for individual attention and their possible problems with communicating.^[4]

Children who have been victims of educator sexual misconduct usually have low self-esteem, and they are likely to develop suicidal ideation and depression. Because the abuser was a person the child was encouraged to trust, he or she may experience a sense of betrayal.^[4]

Notes

References

Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (Nov 20, 1991). "Sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine". JAMA. American Medical Association. 266 (19): 2741–5. doi:10.1001/jama.266.19.2741.
West, SG; Hatters-Friedman, S; Knoll, JL IV. (2010). "Lessons to learn: female educators who sexually abuse their students". Psychiatry Times. 27 (8): 9–10.

Sexual abuse

Forms	Bride kidnapping Child Child-on-child Child exploitation Child pornography Child prostitution Child sex tourism Forced prostitution Genital modification and mutilation Rape Campus Date Marital Prison Statutory Raptio Revenge porn Sexual assault Sexual bullying Sexual harassment Sexual misconduct Sexual slavery Sexual violence War

Sociological theories	Aggression Causes of sexual violence Effects and aftermath of rape Misandry Misogyny Pedophilia Rape culture Rape trauma syndrome Sociobiological theories of rape Victim blaming

Laws	Laws regarding child sexual abuse Laws regarding rape Sexually violent predator laws

Related topics	Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome False allegation of child sexual abuse

Portals: Criminal justice Law

Abuse

Types	Anti-social behaviour Bullying Child abuse (neglect, sexual) Cruelty to animals Domestic abuse Elder abuse Gaslighting Harassment Humiliation Incivility Institutional abuse Intimidation Neglect Persecution Professional abuse Proxy abuse Psychological abuse Physical abuse Religious abuse Sexual abuse Stalking Structural abuse Verbal abuse

Related topics	Child grooming Complex post-traumatic stress disorder Dehumanization Denial Destabilisation Exaggeration Isolation Lying Manipulation Minimisation Personality disorders Power and control in abusive relationships Psychological projection Psychological trauma Psychopathy Rationalization Traumatic bonding Victim blaming Victim playing Victimisation

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