Up to 55% of Asian women report experiencing sexual violence in their lifetime.
SOURCE | API-GBV.ORG
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The average age of sexual assault is 15 according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
SOURCE | FELSON, R. B., CUNDIFF, P. R. (2014). SEXUAL ASSAULT AS A CRIME AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 43, 273-284.
Sexual assault and rape reporting dropped by 25% in Los Angeles after federal policies surrounding deportation intensified.
SOURCE | LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC CRIME DATA
Over 17% of transgender veterans experienced MSA (military sexual assault). Specifically, the rates are over 15% and 30% for transgender women and transgender men, respectively.
SOURCE | JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS, 03/2018, VOLUME 31, ISSUE 2, PP. 181–190
One in four survivors of sexual assault under the age of twelve is a boy.
SOURCE | ENDSEXUALVIOLENCECT.ORG
Nearly 30% of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border experience sexual violence, psychological violence, sexual coercion, and/or kidnapping.
SOURCE | LEYVA-FLORES, R., INFANTE, C., GUTIERREZ, J. P., QUINTINO-PEREZ, F., GÓMEZ-SALDIVAR, M., & TORRES-ROBLES, C. (2019). MIGRANTS IN TRANSIT THROUGH MEXICO TO THE US: EXPERIENCES WITH VIOLENCE AND RELATED FACTORS, 2009-2015. PLOS ONE, 14(8), E0220775. DOI:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0220775
In the US, one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old.
SOURCE | FINKELHOR, D., HOTALING, G., LEWIS, I. A., & SMITH, C. (1990). SEXUAL ABUSE IN A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ADULT MEN AND WOMEN: PREVALENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND RISK FACTORS. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 14, 19-28. DOI:10.1016/0145-2134(90)90077-7
In college, 34.4% of students experienced nonconsensual sexual contact and about 30% reported rape.
SOURCE | MINOW AND EINOLF (2009)
