Safe Sport Training Unit 1
Age of Consent 3 - Some jurisdictions prohibit sexual contact between categories of adults and minors based on a position of power—i.e., when one person has direct supervisory, evaluative or other authority over another.
In some areas, teachers, coaches and others are subject to specific criminal penalties for engaging in sexual contact with youth who are 18 years of age or younger (even if the youth has reached the age of consent) if the youth is a student, athlete or in some other relationship where the adult has supervisory authority over the youth.
Nonconsensual Sexual Contact/Intercourse - Contact behaviors of a sexual nature or sexual intercourse without consent.
Contact behaviors include: any intentional touching of a sexual nature, however slight, with any object or body part (as described below), by a person upon another person, including (a) kissing, (b) intentional touching of the breasts, buttocks, groin or genitals, whether clothed or unclothed, or intentionally touching of another with any of these body parts; and (c) making another touch themselves or someone else with or on any of these body parts.
Sexual Intercourse includes any penetration, however slight, with any object or body part of another's intimate areas.
Example:
One player fondles another player's breast without consent.
Sexual Exploitation - Sexual Exploitation includes observing, allowing observation of, recording, or photographing private sexual activity or intimate parts without consent of all parties involved, or disseminating images of the same. Sexual Exploitation also includes engaging in prostitution, trafficking, or intentionally exposing another to a sexually transmitted disease without that person's knowledge.
Child Sexual Abuse - The U.S. Center for SafeSport utilizes the broadest possible definition of child sexual abuse under federal or state laws. Broadly, child sexual abuse includes the employment, use, 1 / 2
persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct or sexual exploitation of children, including child pornography.Legal definitions vary by state or province. To find guidelines concerning your area, visit in the U.S. or Canadian Sexual Abuse Laws by Jurisdiction in the Resources section.
Non-sexual Child Abuse is also a violation of the SafeSport Code. Child sexual abuse will be addressed later in this section.
Example:
A coach sends nude photos of himself to a 12-year-old athlete.
Intimate Relationship - A close personal relationship (other than a familial relationship) that exists independently and outside of the sport relationship when there is a Power Imbalance. Whether a relationship is intimate is based on the totality of the circumstances, including:
~Regular contact and/or interactions outside of or unrelated to the sport relationship (electronically or in person) ~Parties' emotional connectedness ~Exchange of gifts ~Ongoing physical or intimate contact and/or sexual conduct ~Identity as a couple ~Sharing of sensitive personal information, and/or intimate knowledge about each other's lives outside the sport relationship
It is considered a serious breach the SafeSport Code for a coach (or someone in a similar position) to initiate or acquiesce to an intimate or sexual relationship with an athlete who is being instructed by that coach or whose performance is being supervised or evaluated by that coach.
Example:
A 30 year-old soccer coach dating her 18-year-old athlete.
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