ndigenous women are nearly three times more likely to experience sexual assault than any other ethnic group in the U.S.
SOURCE | NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN’S HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER
American Indian and Alaska Native children experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the same rate as veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
SOURCE | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE: ENDING VIOLENCE SO CHILDREN CAN THRIVENOVEMBER 2014EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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)
In 2018, over half (52%) of the criminal human trafficking cases in the US were sex trafficking cases involving children under 18.
SOURCE | 2018 FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORT. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE.
Having sexually-explicit image(s) shared without consent resulted in significantly worse mental health outcomes and higher levels of physiological problems than those who had not.
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
Girls placed in foster care have a 67% lifetime prevalence of sexual abuse.
SOURCE | MENDLE, J., LEVE, L. D., VAN RYZIN, M., NATSUAKI, M. N., GE, X. (2011). ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN EARLY LIFE STRESS, CHILD MALTREATMENT, AND PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG GIRLS IN FOSTER CARE. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE, 21, 871-880.
Girls aged 14-17 have the highest rates of sexual assault among youth populations.
SOURCE | FINKELHOR, D., TURNER, H. A., SHATTUCK, A., HAMBY, S. L. (2013). VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND ABUSE EXPOSURE IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH: AN UPDATE. JAMA PEDIATRICS, 167, 614-621.
Fewer than 1 in 10 women who experienced rape while in college or university reported it to the police.
SOURCE | FISHER, CULLEN & TURNER, “THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN,” NATIONAL RESEARCH REPORT FUNDED BY NIJ