Statistics
RESEARCH INDICATES THAT:
- Over 80% of teenage boys & girls report being sexually harassed at school.
- 1 in 12 women are stalked in their lifetime.
- 1 in 4 women will be raped in their lifetime.
- 1 in 10 boys is sexually assaulted by age 18.
- Only 1 in 10 female and 1 in 100 male rape victims report it to the police.
- At least 3 out of 4 rapes are perpetrated by someone known to the victim.
- In Utah, victims of rape range from 2 months to 94 years old.
- While men perpetrate approximately 90% of all serious violence, in 75% of the cases, men and boys are the victims of serious violence.
- Teenage boys of all racial and ethnic groups are more likely to die from gunshot wounds than from all natural deaths combined (for their age group).
- Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women age 15 to 44 in the United States - more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
RESEARCH ESTIMATES THAT:
- 1 in 4 U.S. men will use violence against his partner in his lifetime.
- 1 in 8 U.S. men in any given year beat their wives or girlfriends.
- 1 in 3 pregnant U.S. women are battered during their pregnancy.
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