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
32.4% of rape survivors whose rape resulted in pregnancy did not discover they were pregnant until they had already entered the second trimester.
SOURCE | HOLMES, M M., ET AL. “RAPE-RELATED PREGNANCY: ESTIMATES AND DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF WOMEN.” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, VOL. 175, NO. 2, 1996, PP. 320-4; DISCUSSION 324-5.
27.8% of men were age 10 or younger when they first experienced rape.
SOURCE | BLACK, M. C., BASILE, K. C., BREIDING, M. J., SMITH, S .G., WALTERS, M. L., MERRICK, M. T., STEVENS, M. R. (2011). THE NATIONAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVEY (NISVS): 2010 SUMMARY REPORT. RETRIEVED FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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
24% of American Indian transgender students, 18% of multiracial transgender students, 17% of Asian transgender students, and 15% of Black transgender students have experienced sexual assault.
SOURCE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY,” MARYLAND COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
22% of transgender respondents who have interacted with police reported harassment by police, with much higher rates reported by people of color. 46% of respondents reported being uncomfortable seeking police assistance.
SOURCE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY,” MARYLAND COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
12% of transgender youth report being sexually assaulted in K-12 settings by peers or educational staff.
SOURCE | 2015 US TRANSGENDER SURVEY REPORT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY (NCTE)
1 of 12 respondents said they’d experienced at least one instance of nonconsensual pornography (aka “revenge porn”) in their lifetime. 25% of respondents were 18 at the age of first incidence.
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 every 5 survivors of confirmed sexual abuse in ICE detention is transgender even though trans people make up only 1 in 500 people detained by ICE.
SOURCE | GUITIERREZ, JENNICET (JUNE 25, 2015). “I INTERRUPTED PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE HEARD,” WASHINGTON BLADE.