What is sexual bullying?

Sexual bullying is bullying based on your gender or sexuality:

>> Touching someone somewhere they don’t want to be touched
>> Touching someone in a way that makes them uncomfortable
>> Forcing someone to act in a sexual manner
>> Talking about sexuality as an insult (e.g. saying gay to mean something’s rubbish)
>> Making jokes or threats about things like rape
>> Putting someone down using sexual words such as slut
>> Gossiping about someone’s sex life (eg with your friends, on the back of a toilet door or on social media)

Sexual bullying can be defined as:

>> Pornographic material, graffiti with sexual content
>> Sexual innuendos and propositions
>> Looks and comments about appearance, attractiveness, emerging puberty
>> In its most extreme form, sexual assault and rape