Quantitative Data
Academic Women1 in 4 college women are likely to be raped before graduating. (Wanjuki, 2013)
A 2007 nationwide study found that 673,000 women currently attending colleges and universities have experienced rape at some point in their lifetime. (Foubert, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Brasfield, & Hill, 2010) In one year alone, 300,000 college women, (over 5% of women enrolled)experienced rape. (Foubert, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Brasfield, & Hill, 2010) |
Women-Lifetime Rate of RapeAll women: 17.6%
White women: 17.7% Black women: 18.8% Asian Pacific Islander women: 6.8% American Indian/Alaskan women: 34.1% Mixed race women: 24.4% 40% of Black women reported coercive contact of a sexual nature by age 18. (Wanjuki, 2013) American Indians were twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races. MenAbout 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
Effects of RapeVictims of sexual assault are:
3 times more likely to suffer from depression. 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol. 26 times more likely to abuse drugs. 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide. Pregnancies Resulting from RapeIn 2012, 346,830 women were raped.
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Children15% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 12.
7% of girls in grades 5-8 and 12% of girls in grades 9-12 said they had been sexually abused.
In 1995, local child protection service agencies identified 126,000 children who were victims of either substantiated or indicated sexual abuse.
93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker.
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According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is 5%.
By applying the pregnancy rate to 346,830 female survivors, RAINN estimates that there were 17,342 pregnancies as a result of rape in 2012.
By applying the pregnancy rate to 346,830 female survivors, RAINN estimates that there were 17,342 pregnancies as a result of rape in 2012.
Offenders78% of all sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone the victim knows.
(Wanjuki, 2013) In the NFL, “21 of the 32 teams in the league had a player on the roster who had been arrested for domestic violence or sexual assault.”(Wanjuki, 2013) 6% of college men admit to committing rape” (Foubert, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Brasfield, & Hill, 2010) |
Men who consume alcohol 2+ a week and who have peer support for behaving in an emotionally violent manner toward women and for being physically and sexually violent toward women are 10 times more likely to commit sexual aggression toward women than men with none of these 2 characteristics (Foubert, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Brasfield, & Hill, 2010).
(RAINN, n.d.)
(RAINN, n.d.)