Sexual violence occurs because the perpetrator abuses power or authority. It has nothing to do with how you look, what you are, what your sexual orientation is, how you are dressed, what you said or did, how you behaved.

    However, gay adolescents are at a slightly higher risk of sexual abuse. This is also due to the stigma that is still placed on them.

    It is possible that sexual orientation is used as a threat or to be threatened that if you refuse, you will be abandoned, exposed, etc.