81% of women and 43% of men reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment and/or assault in their lifetime, with more than 3 in 4 women (77%) and 1 in 3 men (34%) experiencing verbal sexual harassment.
Source | "The Facts Behind the MeToo Movement, A National Study on Sexual Harassment and Assault", Stop Street Harassment
86% of incarcerated women are survivors of sexual violence, according to a 2016 report.
90% of youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) reported being harassed or assaulted during the past year, compared to 62% of students who identify as straight.
Source | Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network [GLSEN], 2007
94% of Indigenous women have experienced street harassment.
Source | Urban Indian Health Institute, "Our Bodies, Our Stories" report
94% of Indigenous women in Seattle have experienced rape or been coerced into having sex.
Source | Urban Indian Health Institute, "Our Bodies, Our Stories" report
A study funded by the National Institute of Justice that analyzed more than 6,700 officer arrests nationwide during a seven-year period found that half of arrests for sexual misconduct were for incidents involving minors.
About 83% of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in an institutional care center, such as a nursing home.
Alaska Native women have the highest rates of sexual violence of any population in the United States. They comprise 19% of the Alaska state women, but 47% of reported rape. Every 18 hours, an Alaska Native woman is sexually assaulted.
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
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.
Almost half of all American Indian and Alaska Native women (48.8%) have been stalked in their lifetime.
Source | National Congress of American Indians (February 2018) Policy Research Center
Among developmentally-disabled adults, up to 83% of females and 32% of males are survivors of sexual violence.
