[blatenbroad666]

the frequency


In 2006, there were 272,350 victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault. (These figures do not include victims 12 years old or younger.)

Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
Here's the math. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey — the country's largest and most reliable crime study — there were 272,350 sexual assaults in 2006 (the most recent data available).

There are 525,600 minutes in a non-leap year. That makes 31,536,000 seconds/year. So, 31,536,00 divided by 272,350 comes out to 1 sexual assault every 116 seconds, or about 1 every 2 minutes.



the assaultants

Almost 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.
73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.
38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance.
28% are an intimate.
7% are a relative.


He's not Hiding in the Bushes
More than 50% of all rape/sexual assault incidents were reported by victims to have occured within 1 mile of their home or at their home.

4 in 10 take place at the victim's home.
2 in 10 take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.
1 in 12 take place in a parking garage.

43% of rapes occur between 6:00pm and midnight.

24% occur between midnight and 6:00am.
The other 33% take place between 6:00am and 6:00pm.
The Criminal
The average age of a rapist is 31 years old.
52% are white.
22% of imprisoned rapists report that they are married.
Juveniles accounted for 16% of forcible rape arrestees in 1995 and 17% of those arrested for other sex offenses.
In 1 in 3 sexual assaults, the perpetrator was intoxicated — 30% with alcohol, 4% with drugs.
In 2001, 11% of rapes involved the use of a weapon — 3% used a gun, 6% used a knife, and 2 % used another form of weapon.
84% of victims reported the use of physical force only.
Rapists are more likely to be a serial criminal than a serial rapist.
46% of rapists who were released from prison were re-arrested within 3 years of their release for another crime.

18.6% for a violent offense.
14.8% for a property offense.
11.2% for a drug offense.
20.5% for a public-order offense.

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the results

Setting Limits/Boundaries
Because your personal boundaries were invaded when you were young by someone you trusted and depended on, you may have trouble understanding that you have the right to control what happens to you.
Memories/Flashbacks
Like many survivors, you may experience flashbacks.
Anger
This is often the most difficult emotion for an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse to get in touch with.
As a child your anger was powerless and had little to no effect on the actions of your abuser. For this reason you may not feel confident that you anger will be useful or helpful.
Grieving/Mourning
Being abused as a child means the loss of many things- childhood experiences, trust, innocence, normal relationship with family members (especially if the abuser was a family member).
You must be allowed to name those losses, grieve them, and then bury them.
Guilt, Shame, and Blame
You may carry a lot of guilt because you may have experienced pleasure or because you did not try to stop the abuse.
There may have been silence surrounding the abuse that led to feelings of shame.
It is important for you to understand that it was the adult who abused his/her position of authority and should be held accountable, not you.
Trust
Learning to trust again may be very difficult for you.
You may find that you go from one extreme to the other, not trusting at all to trusting too much.
Coping Skills
You have undoubtedly developed skills in order to cope with the trauma.
Some of these are healthy (possibly separating yourself from family members, seeking out counseling, etc.)
Some are not (drinking or drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, etc.)
Self-esteem/Isolation
Low self-esteem is a result of all of the negative messages you received and internalized from your abusers.
Because entering into an intimate relationship involves trust, respect, love, and the ability to share, you may flee from intimacy or hold on too tightly for fear of losing the relationship.
Sexuality
You likely have to deal with the fact that your first initiation into sex came as a result of sexual abuse.
You may experience the return of body memories while engaging in a sexual activity with another person. Such memories may interfere in your ability to engage in sexual relationships which may leave you feeling frightened, frustrated, or ashamed.

Battered women stay in these dangerous relationships for a variety of reasons including:

still being positively reinforced by the "honeymoon" phase of the battering cycle
economic dependence upon the batterer
belief that they can keep the peace
fear of danger if she were to leave
threats made by the batterer to hurt her or her children if she left
loss of self-esteem
depression or loss of psychological energy necessary to leave
According to Walker's The Battered Woman Syndrome (p. 95-97, 1984), there are four general characteristics of the syndrome:

The woman believes that the violence was or is her fault.
The woman has an inability to place responsibility for the violence elsewhere.
The woman fears for her life and/or her children's lives.
The woman has an irrational belief that the abuser is omnipresent and omniscient.
More recently, Battered Woman Syndrome has also been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in that domestic violence involves exposure to severe trauma and so the reactions of a battered woman may be due to flashbacks or other intrusive experiences from previous traumatic events so that the woman believes that she is in danger, even if she is not.

This syndrome has been used as an explanation for reactions to abusive situations in court cases but has also been used as an educational tool in order to raise the awareness of the impact that domestic violence can have on women.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a normal human reaction to an extreme or abnormal situation. Each person has a different threshold for what is perceived as a traumatic event. PTSD is not a rare or unusual occurrence, in fact, many people experience PTSD as a result of a traumatic experience such as rape or sexual assault.

You may be experiencing PTSD if, following an event where you experienced or were confronted with actual or threatened injury or a threat to your physical integrity, you have:

shown symptoms of intense horror, helplessness, or fear
experienced distressing memories of the event (e.g., flashbacks, including nightmares)
regularly avoided things or triggers that remind you of the event (e.g., people, places, things, etc.)
shown significant impairment or distress due to the event
shown at least two symptoms of increased arousal (e.g., sleep difficulties, difficulty concentrating, hypervigilance, an exaggerated startle response, or irritability or outburts of anger/rage)
experienced these things for at least a month


ways to help yourelf

While you can never completely protect yourself from sexual assault, there are some things you can do to help reduce your risk of being assaulted.

Be aware of your surroundings. Knowing where you are and who is around you may help you to find a way to get out of a bad situation.
Try to avoid isolated areas. It is more difficult to get help if no one is around.
Walk with purpose. Even if you don’t know where you are going, act like you do.
Trust your instincts. If a situation or location feels unsafe or uncomfortable, it probably isn’t the best place to be.
Try not to load yourself down with packages or bags as this can make you appear more vulnerable.
Make sure your cell phone is with you and charged and that you have cab money.
Don't allow yourself to be isolated with someone you don’t trust or someone you don’t know.
Avoid putting music headphones in both ears so that you can be more aware of your surroundings, especially if you are walking alone.


for help it you have been sexually assaulted call 1-800-656-HOPE

[★CowTopia★]

O.O scary figures.. thanx for posting a factual spamming thread xD caring for others.. You know.. my school friend got assaulted but managed to escape before anything happened.. Posting this and that happening recently makes me feel more insecure now ><

[Raina]

My God, shure sucks living in the U.S. ... Every 2 minutes?! well, take care, people, no matter where you live and always carry a paralyzing spray with you...! [cause you never know when it comes handy]

[Ryuushii]

thanx for the numbers
once my older sister almost got raped at our house because it was just me and her so i guess someone found the door unlocked and almost tried to rape my sister
he has the nerve to do it when i was sleeping on the couch!

[Dasmaster]

phuuu really glad that rape is really rare in my town (never heard enyone got raped... well that might not be strange doh if i ever found a guy/girl that i know was a rapist... not even god would know what happened to him/her

[blatenbroad666]

well i just wanted everyone to know that it could happen anywhere anytime to anyone, its scary when you think about it.

[Mitsuki-pyon]

Arigatou for caring enough for others to post these figures and information.
One of my best friends was sexually abused as a kid by her mother...It's really sad....

[JeoN17]

it's seems unreal when you see the figures i can't believe the U.S. is so messed up

[Zane]

Thanks for the figures. It's good to know the statistics. For those saying the U.S. is messed up, it's not the U.S. it's some of the people in it. Rapists and those who give sexual assault certainly deserve to be punished.