Domestic violence is one of the main phenomen that violates the rights of family members, as well as endangering the existence and proper functioning of family relationships. Then, we distinguish: active physical violence, which causes to the other member of the family a series of casualties; passive physical violence, which requires victim isolation, including refusal to visit children; active psychological violence, representing periodic and aggressive verbal aggressions against the victim; passive psychological violence, consisting of the interruption or failure of social and sexual relationships, stopping access to money or other economic means; Sexual violence, training to unwanted sexual activity, doing things with sexual connotations, physical touching the body. The subjects are the family members. Also, sexual violence is part of domestic violence and being, as a rule, one of the most serious forms of violence, (which is why) we would like to address this issue in detail. Sexual violence refers to grave violations of fundamental human rights, which perpetuate stereotypes related to sex / sexual roles and diminish human dignity and individual independence, affecting the development of the human being. Specific causes of sexual violence: religious traditions and prejudices about family honor and sexual purity; male sexual ideologies; mild sanctions for acts of sexual violence. It is a problem, because worldwide, violence against women is considered a real epidemic because 1 out of 3 women face a lifetime of physical or sexual violence within the family.