Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students are more likely to experience negative sexual experiences than hearing students.
SOURCE | VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS, VOL 32, ISSUE 6 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00052
Childhood sexual abuse increases the likelihood of sexual offending by 467%.
SOURCE | DELISI, M., KOSLOSKI, A. E., VAUGHN, M. G., CAUDILL, J. W., TRULSON, C. R. (2014). DOES CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMIZATION TRANSLATE INTO JUVENILE SEXUAL OFFENDING? NEW EVIDENCE. VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS, 29, 620-635.
Black women are more likely to have weapons used in their assaults when compared with white women (42.6% vs. 16.7%) and to be assaulted in the city rather than the suburbs (82.8% vs. 56.5%).
SOURCE | BOYKINS AD, ALVANZO AA, CARSON S, FORTE J, LEISEY M, PLICHTA SB. MINORITY WOMEN VICTIMS OF RECENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE: DISPARITIES IN INCIDENT HISTORY. J WOMENS HEALTH (LARCHMT). 2010 MAR;19(3):453-61. DOI: 10.1089/JWH.2009.1484.
Black people who are incarcerated are more likely to experience sexual assault by prison staff than white people who are incarcerated.
SOURCE | WOLFF, N., SHI, J., BLITZ, C. L. (2008). RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN TYPES AND SOURCES OF VICTIMIZATION INSIDE PRISON. THE PRISON JOURNAL, 88, 451-472.
Bisexual women experience the highest rate of sexual assault than any other group, according to a 2019 study by the American Psychology Association on nonconsensual pornography victimization.
SOURCE | NONCONSENSUAL PORNOGRAPHY AMONG U.S. ADULTS: A SEXUAL SCRIPTS FRAMEWORK ON VICTIMIZATION, PERPETRATION, AND HEALTH CORRELATES FOR WOMEN AND MEN BY YANET RUVALCABA AND ASIA A. EATON.
As many as 6 in 10 migrant women and girls experience sexual violence.
SOURCE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT
An estimated 50% of transgender people experience sexual violence at some point in their lifetimes.
SOURCE | JAMES, S. E., HERMAN, J. L., RANKIN, S., KEISLING, M., MOTTET, L., & ANAFI, M. (2016). THE REPORT OF THE 2015 U.S. TRANSGENDER SURVEY. WASHINGTON, DC: NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY.
Among developmentally-disabled adults, up to 83% of females and 32% of males are survivors of sexual violence.
SOURCE | ENDSEXUALVIOLENCECT.ORG
Alaska’s child sexual assault rate is six times the national average.
SOURCE | ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM
Almost 2.9 million U.S. women have experienced rape-related pregnancy during their lifetime.
SOURCE | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE (VOLUME 55, ISSUE 6, DECEMBER 2018, PAGES 770-776)