[Resource] Trust & Safety Abridged Dictionary

• "Not Legal Definition" ➡ "[NLD]"
• "Legal Definition" ➡ "[LD]"

1. Someone who lives/lived, and continues/continued on, despite having experience [a] traumatic event(s);
2. Usage of “survivor” in survivor-centred frameworks also refer to systemic effects of violence

1. Someone who has experienced and/or lived through [a] traumatic event(s)

Our choice in language matters. There are distinctions with both words, both are valid with utility, and it is best practice to mirror the language an individual uses–many use them interchangeably based on setting, topic, and context in discussion about the relation to a person(s) or event(s).

Give survivors autonomy: someone who has experienced and lived through a traumatic event is still a whole individual; they are not defined by nor linked to any person and/or event.

• ❌ Prey / ❌ Preyed ➡ ✅ Target / ✅ Targeted: The former removes agency from victims and survivors–who have always been whole individuals with autonomy–to their abuser(s). This also creates a false impression of (i.e. misconstrues) how people target victims. Usage: "Person X targeted Person Y through [Z tactics]".

1. The ability to express fully and authentically without fear of negative consequences to oneself including self-image, interpersonal relationships, professionally, etc.

1. An emotional response due to a distressing, stressful, psychologically overwhelming experience;
2. Refers to both situations and/or events (traumatic), and the impact they have following them (trauma)

1. Discussing or sharing materials that are increasingly sensitive and of personal topics to eventually make sexual contact with a victim under inappropriate circumstances
2. A form of deception and manipulation in behaviour(s) and/or action(s)

1. Seeking positions to gain access to victims in order to attempt separating them physically and psychologically from their support networks (e.g. peers, friends, family)
2. A form of deception and manipulation in behaviour(s) and/or action(s)

1. alternative to "Sharing Secrets"
2. Disclosure of [inappropriate] information with the purpose of impairing a victim's cognitive, psychological, and/or mental state
3. Coercion to maintain the relationship via requiring the disclosed [inappropriate] information (via usage of Trust Development), and/or other inappropriate acts and/or behaviours, to remain private
4. A form of deception and manipulation in behaviour(s) and/or action(s)

1. Create a false sense of intimacy, to obtain additional personal/sensitive information, and make the relationship feel special
2. Usage of Secrecy, Deception, Manipulation in order to enable the environment
3. A form of deception and manipulation in behaviour(s) and/or action(s)