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
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.
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 Thrive
NOVEMBER 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
50% of girls who are Deaf have been sexually abused compared to 25% of girls who are hearing.
54% of boys who are Deaf have been sexually abused in comparison to 10% of boys who are hearing.
61% of respondents with disabilities reported being sexually assaulted in their lifetime according to a national survey on sexual violence within the transgender and SOFFA (Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies) community.
61% of survivors did not tell anyone around the time of the abuse/assault according to a national survey on sexual violence within the transgender and SOFFA (Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies) community. While 47% have long term medical conditions or physical scarring from the abuse/assault(s), the first access of mental health services was most commonly 10 years post abuse/assault.
Source | The Transgender Sexual Violence Project
76% of women were survivors of sexual abuse by the age of 13 in a study on a state-wide criminal justice system in Oregon.
8% of rapes occur while the survivor is at work.
80% of transgender students report feeling unsafe at their schools because of their gender identity.
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.
80% of women farmworkers in California’s Central Valley have experienced sexual harassment on the job, according to a 2010 study.
Source | Human Rights Watch, "Cultivatin Fear" report
80% of women workers in the restaurant industry reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment at work.
Source | Alba Conte 2019, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
