9781422276099

Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment

cisgender: describes a person whose gender identity matches that person’s biological sex consent: agreement or permission felony: a category of serious crime; felony crimes come in several degrees, with “first degree” being the most serious, “second degree” being slightly less serious, and so on incapacitated: describes the condition of being unable to respond, move, or understand LGBTQ: an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning pervasive: describes something that is everywhere PTSD: an acronym for post-traumatic stress disorder, a serious psychological condition caused by disturbing experiences simulate: fake or pretend synonyms: two or more terms that mean the same thing

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