1 in 4 women returning from the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan reported that they were sexually assaulted while they were deployed.
SOURCE | AMERICANPROGRESS.ORG
Women
1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to several national U.S. surveys.
SOURCE | FISHER ET AL. 2000; KOSS ET AL. 1987; TJADEN AND THOENNES 2000 FISHER, B. S., CULLEN, F. T., & TURNER, M. G. (2000). THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 182369). WASHINGTON DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. KOSS, M. P., GIDYCZ, C. A., &WISNIEWSKI, N. (1987). THE SCOPE OF RAPE: INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 55, 162–170. TJADEN, P., & THOENNES, N. (2000). FULL REPORT OF THE PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SURVEY (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 183781). WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
1 in 10 elderly persons suffer abuse, including sexual abuse, within a one year period. Among those aged 60 and over, the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault is 7%.
SOURCE | ACIERNO, RON & HERNANDEZ-TEJADA, MELBA & AMSTADTER, ANANDA & RESNICK, HEIDI & STEVE, KENNETH & MUZZY, WENDY & KILPATRICK, DEAN. (2009). PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND FINANCIAL ABUSE AND POTENTIAL NEGLECT IN THE UNITED STATES: THE NATIONAL ELDER MISTREATMENT STUDY. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 100. 292-7. 10.2105/AJPH.2009.163089.
50% of girls who are Deaf have been sexually abused compared to 25% of girls who are hearing.
SOURCE | DISABLED-WORLD.COM
34% of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetime.
SOURCE | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE: ENDING VIOLENCE SO CHILDREN CAN THRIVENOVEMBER 2014EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
24.2% of active duty women and 6.3% of active duty men indicated experiencing sexual harassment in the year prior to being surveyed in 2018.
SOURCE | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY, FISCAL YEAR 2018
1 in 8 people “had someone threaten to post and/or post sexually explicit images of them without their consent,” according to a 2017 study by the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI). Women were almost twice as likely to be the targets of nonconsensual pornography (NCP) than men.
SOURCE | DR. ASIA A. EATON, DR. HOLLY JACOBS, AND YANET RUVALCABA (JUNE 2017) NATIONWIDE ONLINE STUDY OF NONCONSENSUAL PORN VICTIMIZATION AND PERPETRATION: A SUMMARY REPORT
1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to several national U.S. surveys.
SOURCE | FISHER ET AL. 2000; KOSS ET AL. 1987; TJADEN AND THOENNES 2000 FISHER, B. S., CULLEN, F. T., & TURNER, M. G. (2000). THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 182369). WASHINGTON DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. KOSS, M. P., GIDYCZ, C. A., &WISNIEWSKI, N. (1987). THE SCOPE OF RAPE: INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 55, 162–170. TJADEN, P., & THOENNES, N. (2000). FULL REPORT OF THE PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SURVEY (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 183781). WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
1 in 10 elderly persons suffer abuse, including sexual abuse, within a one year period. Among those aged 60 and over, the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault is 7%.
SOURCE | ACIERNO, RON & HERNANDEZ-TEJADA, MELBA & AMSTADTER, ANANDA & RESNICK, HEIDI & STEVE, KENNETH & MUZZY, WENDY & KILPATRICK, DEAN. (2009). PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND FINANCIAL ABUSE AND POTENTIAL NEGLECT IN THE UNITED STATES: THE NATIONAL ELDER MISTREATMENT STUDY. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 100. 292-7. 10.2105/AJPH.2009.163089.