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80 safety of a member of the college community. Any type of retaliatory or intimidating behavior against a person who files a complaint or otherwise participates in an investigation or adjudicatory action is expressly prohibited by this policy. Howard Community College will take strong disciplinary action against any individual or group of individuals found responsible for retaliating or intimidating, or attempting to retaliate or intimidate, another person for making a report of sexual misconduct, participating in the investigation of sexual misconduct, participating as a witness in an adjudicatory proceeding, or otherwise participating in any way in support of a person exercising rights under this policy. Definitions and Examples of Sexual Misconduct: • Sexual Violence: a form of sexual harassment and refers to physical sexual acts perpetrated without consent. Sexual violence includes rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion. Sexual violence, in any form, is a criminal act. • Sexual Harassment: any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favors, or other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature (see definition of consent below) that is sufficiently severe or pervasive that it interferes with, denies, or limits an individual's ability to benefit from the college's educational program or activities, or professional or employment performance. • Non-Consensual Sexual Contact: any intentional sexual touching, however slight and with any object or body part, or exposure or disrobing of another, that is without consent (as defined below) or by force or coercion. This includes intentional contact with breasts, buttocks, groin, mouth, or genitals, as well as any other intentional bodily contact that occurs in a sexual manner. • Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse: any sexual penetration or copulation, however slight and with any object or body part, that is without consent or by force or coercion. Intercourse includes anal or vaginal penetration by a penis, object, tongue, or finger, and oral copulation (mouth and genital/anal contact), no matter how slight the penetration or contact. • Sex Offense: any sexual act perpetrated against another person, without the consent of the victim, to include when a person is incapable of giving consent due to the victim's use of drugs or alcohol or an intellectual or other disability. A respondent's level of intoxication will not diminish his/her responsibility for sexual assault or sex offense. • Sexual Exploitation: taking non- consensual or abusive sexual advantage of another to benefit anyone other than the person being exploited. Examples include: invading privacy, going beyond the boundaries of consent (such as letting someone hide in a closet to watch you having consensual sex), video or audio recording of sexual acts without consent, knowingly transmitting a sexually transmitted infection (STI), sexually-based stalking or bullying, or exposing one's genitals. • Sexual Intimidation: threatening to sexually assault another person; gender or sex-based stalking,