Learn the Facts About Sexual Violence 1 IN 2 WOMEN have experienced sexual violence other than rape in their lifetime.1 1 IN 5 MEN have experienced sexual violence other than rape in their lifetime.1 1 IN 5 WOMEN have experienced completed or attempted rape in their lives.1 41% OF WOMEN reported experiencing physically aggressive street harassment.4 1 IN 3 WOMEN experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner.3 Women have a 50% TO 95% chance of developing post-traumatic stress disorder after being raped.5 1 IN 6 BOYS are sexually abused before age 16.6 Only 26.2% OF MEN who experienced childhood sexual abuse disclosed at the time of the abuse.7 18% OF MEN reported experiencing verbal street harassment.4 Nearly 1 IN 67 men in the United States have experienced rape or attempted rape.1 67.5% OF INSTANCES OF RAPE ARE ESTIMATED TO GO UNREPORTED.8 Among college women, 9 OUT OF 10 victims of sexual assault knew the person who sexually assaulted them.2 FEWER THAN 5% of completed or attempted rapes against college women were reported to law enforcement.2 SEXUAL VIOLENCE THRIVES WHEN IT IS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND VICTIM BLAMING GOES UNCHECKED. Use your voice to prevent it Believe survivors Challenge victim Blaming respect boundaries www.nsvrc.org 1Black, M. C., Basile, K. C., Breiding, M. J., Smith, S. G., Walters, M. L., Merrick, M. T., ... Stevens, M. R. (2011). National Intimate Partner And Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 summary report. Retrieved from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs_report2010-a.pdf 2Fisher, B. S., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2000). The sexual victimization of college women (NCJ 182369). Retrieved from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdles1/nij/182369.pdf 3World Health Organization. (2014). Global status report on violence prevention 2014. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/status_report/2014/en/ 4Kearl, H. (2014). Unsafe and harassed in public spaces: A national street harassment report. Retrieved from Stop Street Harassment: http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2014-National-SSH-Street-Harassment-Report.pdf 5Heise, L., Ellsberg, M., & Gottemoeller, M. (1999). Ending violence against women. Population Reports, L(11), 1-43. Retrieved from VAWnet: https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/files/2016-10/PopulationReports.pdf 6Hopper, J. (n.d.). Statistics on sexual abuse of boys. Retrieved from https://www.jimhopper.com/child-abuse/sexual-abuse-of-boys/statistics/ 7O'Leary, P. J., & Barber, J. (2008). Gender dierences in silencing following childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 17, 133-143. doi:10.1080/10538710801916416 8Truman, J. L., & Morgan, R. E. (2016). Criminal victimization, 2015 (NCJ 250180). Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv15.pdf ©2017 National Sexual Violence Resource Center. All Rights Reserved.