victim/survivor and perpetrator/assailant know each other. 77% of completed rapes are committed by someone who is known to the victim.

Forcible sex when the people involved know each other, sometimes occurring on a date.

Any unwanted sexual contact or attention achieved by force, threats, bribes, manipulation, pressure, tricks, or violence by someone with which the victim is acquainted. The perpetrator may be a spouse, a partner, a friend, or merely someone the victim sees around the neighborhood from time to time. This is by far the most common type of sexual assault. 85% of victims know their attackers (National Violence Against Women Survey 1998).

Sexual assault, or forced sex, that is committed by someone who was known to the victim prior to the assault.

Forced sexual intercourse by someone familiar to the victim.