Sexual violence in the U.S. against women and children especially, and to a much lesser degree against men, is appalling.
In the U.S. someone is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds.
There is an average of 321,500 victims of rape or sexual assaults in the U.S. each year.
While rape victims live forever with the trauma and emotional scars of being assaulted, 99 percent of the perpetrators walk away free.
Thirteen percent of all rape victims attempt suicide.
Sixty-four percent of transgender people will experience sexual assault in their lifetimes.
Women ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than women of any other age to be victims of sexual assault or attempted rape.
Women in college ages 18-24 are three times more likely than women in the general population to experience sexual violence.
One in six women has survived an attempted or completed rape in their lifetimes.
Three percent of men will be raped in their lifetimes.
Ninety percent of all adult rape victims are female.
People with disabilities are twice as likely to be the victims of sexual assault or rape than a person without a physical or mental limitation.
An adolescent that has survived sexual abuse loses an estimated $241,600 in income over their lifetime.
Since 1998 it is estimated that 2,780,000 men have attempted or completed rape.
Each year an average of 5,900 Native Americans 12 or older report being sexually assaulted.
Seven out of 10 rapes are committed by someone who knows their victim.
Fifty-seven percent of violent sexual perpetrators are white.
And think of this, 93 percent of all children who are raped know the person who is committing this evil crime upon them.
According to the Bureau of Justice statistics, between 1994-2010 women who were 34 or younger and who lived in lower-income households in rural areas experienced the highest rate of sexual violence.
During that same period, 78 percent of sexual violence involved a family member, intimate partner, friend or an acquaintance.
It’s well past the time for these crimes to stop. Sex without consent isn’t sex it is sexual assault. Permission must be freely given. No means no. Respect someone’s privacy; ask for approval before hugging, tickling, or other kinds of touch. Ask for permission before engaging in any sexual encounter. If permission isn’t given by a person of consenting age than you are committing a crime of sexual violence.
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