Key Facts
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fact 1
Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.
fact 2 Anyone can be raped. In the United States, one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually assaulted as children. About one in six women and one in eleven men are raped after turning eighteen.
fact 3 Rape is one of the most unreported crimes. It is estimated that as many as 80% of all rapes are never reported to the police.
fact 4 About 44% of rape victims are under age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
fact 5 A rapist can be anyone. 75% of rapes are committed by someone the survivor knows: an acquaintance, neighbor, boss, doctor, coach, teacher, even a friend, family member, intimate parter or spouse.
Facts taken from Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network website. RAINN (Rape and Incest National Network) allows you to search by state and/or zip code in order to find the rape crisis center nearest you.fact 2 Anyone can be raped. In the United States, one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually assaulted as children. About one in six women and one in eleven men are raped after turning eighteen.
fact 3 Rape is one of the most unreported crimes. It is estimated that as many as 80% of all rapes are never reported to the police.
fact 4 About 44% of rape victims are under age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
fact 5 A rapist can be anyone. 75% of rapes are committed by someone the survivor knows: an acquaintance, neighbor, boss, doctor, coach, teacher, even a friend, family member, intimate parter or spouse.
SFWAR INFORMATIONAL HANDOUTS
How to Support Someone in an Abusive RelationshipWarnings Signs of Abusive Behavior
How to Avoid Date Rape DrugsFlirting vs. HurtingTypes of Sexual Harassment
Supporting Survivors of Sexual AssaultWhat Have You Been Told About Rape?Bill of Rights
OTHER INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES
Domestic Violence
Black Women Seek Protection Closer to Home
In Mexico, 14 Women a Day Die from Domestic
Violence
The Invisibility of Domestic Violence
Survivors with Disabilities
Let's Talk About SexAbility
Barriers for Disability at Work
Sexy with a Disability
The Outrage is Grossly Misplaced
Sex Attacks on Disabled Girl Stun a Berkeley Community
Ritual Abuse
Acts Of Torture
How Cues and Programming Work in Mind Control and Propaganda
Seeing Inside The Ritual Abuse-Torture Co-Culture
Letters From Prisoners – Life In A Control Unit
Excerpt from Survival In Solitary.
Sexual Assault Against Communities of Color
The Color of Violence Against Women
Hate Crimes—Symbolic and Violent&emdash;on Rise Across U.S.
Rape, Pillage, and Ignore
Rape and Race: We Have to Talk About It
After the Brutal Murder of Maria Teresa Macias By Her Husband, Her Groundbreaking Case Challenges Law Enforcement’s Right to Ignore Domestic Violence with Impunity
The Marginalization of Sexual Violence Against Black Women.
Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to Racism
Asian Women: Resisting the Violence (Published in: "The speaking profits us: Violence in the lives of women of color." 1986)
Facing Contradictions: Challenge for Black Feminists (Published in Aegis 1983)
Immigrant Communities
Immigration and Reproductive Justice: The Basics
Jailing Immigrant Mothers in El Paso
U Visa Regulations Released
Special Visas for Victims Remain Elusive Despite a Law
Justice Denied for Battered Immigrant Women
Anti-Immigrant Fever Ignites Violence Against Women
Undocumented Immigrants: Facts And Figures
Sexual Assault and the Military
Sister 2 Sister "Women and Militarism in the Democratic Republic of Congo"
Rape as an Instrument of Total War
Misogyny Rampant in the Armed Forces: 1 in 3 Military Women Experience Sexual Abuse
A Message from the Women of Okinawa
Rapists in the ranks
Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults
More homeless veterans are women; Link to military sex assaults seen.
Sexual Assault in Prisons
Trivializing Prison Rape
Jury awards women $15.4 million for sexual abuse in prison
Corrupting Justice
Government Study Confirms Systemic Sexual Violence in Detention
Community Solutions to Violence
Indigenous Women Fight Back
Popular Justice: Guerrero's Community Police
Community Resistance to Immigrant Scapegoating
KQED Interview with Mimi Kim of Creative Interventions
Generation 5: Transformative Justice
Domestic Violence at the Crossroads
