Facts

• Studies show that 10-20% of all males are sexually violated at some point in their lives.¹
• Women aged 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rate of intimate partner violence.²
• 75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in date rape and been drinking or using drugs.³
• Almost one third of all rape victims develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sometime during their lives and 11% of rape victims currently suffer from the disorder.⁴
• 35% of men report at least some degree of likelihood of raping if they could be assured they wouldn't be caught or punished.⁵
• Sexual assault offenders were substantially more likely than any other category of violent criminal to report experiencing physical or sexual abuse as children.⁶
• Forty-two percent of women in one study said they had been victims of sexual coercion while dating in college. Of those women, 70 percent did not seek help.⁷
• Rape is called the most underreported violent crime in America.⁸
• Women are more likely to report sexual assault if their assailant is a stranger than if the assailant is an acquaintance, and they are more likely to report completed rape than attempted rape.⁷
• In 1 of 5 college dating relationships, one of the partners is being abused.⁹

• ¹ Virginia Department of Health brochure: Sexual Violence, A Men’s Issue; Developed by The Men’s Rape Prevention Project in Washington, DC.
• ² U.S. Department of Justice (1997). Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes Committed by Current and Former Spouses, Boyfriends & Girlfriends. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• ³ Koss, K.P., 1998. “Hidden Rape: Incident, Prevalence and Descriptive Characteristics of Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of College Students.” Rape and Sexual Assault, vol. II (ed.) A.W. Burgess. New York: Garland Publishing Co.
• ⁴ Tjaden, P. & Thoennes, 1998. N., Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. National Institute of Justice.
• ⁵ Malamuth, N. M. (1981). Rape proclivity among males. Journal of Social Issues, 37, 138-157. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Rape fact sheet. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• ⁶ Greenfeld, L.A. (1997). Sex offenses and offenders: An analysis of data on rape and sexual assault, Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• ⁷ American College Health Association, “Is Dating Dangerous.” American College Health Association, 1997.
• ⁸ Kilpatrick, DG, Edmunds, CN, & Seymour, AK. Rape in America: A Report to the Nation. Arlington, VA: National Victim Center. 1992.
• ⁹ C. Sellers and M. Bromley (1996). Violent Behavior in College Student Dating Relationships. Journal of Contemporary Justice.