There is no easy way to recover from an assault. But getting the medical care and support you need is a good place to start.

After a sexual assault, it's normal to feel angry, afraid, and even ashamed. But try not to let these feelings keep you from getting medical care. Medical treatment can help you recover physically as well as emotionally.

Although the most common form of abuse is males abusing female partners, females can abuse male partners, and abuse also takes place in same-sex relationships.

Abuse tends to get worse and occur more often over time. If you are being abused, plan ahead to get out for good. But don’t feel discouraged if it takes more than one try.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines intimate partner violence as actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or psychological and emotional abuse, directed at a spouse, former spouse, current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or dating partner.

According to researchers at the American Psychological Association, nearly 50 percent of American working women will experience on-the-job sexual harassment at some point in their careers.

Home is the place where we expect to feel the most safe, but violence in the home is a serious problem. When a parent beats a child, someone strikes his or her spouse, or a date becomes violent, it is an assault -- and it's a crime.

Rape can happen to anyone—children, grandmothers, students, working women, wives, mothers, and even males.