- Over half a million women are raped each year in the US alone (this only includes those who report it)
- 1 in 4 women in the US are raped in their lifetimes (again, these are only the ones who report it)
- About 2/3 of rapes are thought to go unreported
- About 83% of rapes are committed by people the victim knows
- 1st being a former husband/boyfriend... someone with whom the victim was in love
- 2nd being someone the respondent knew well... friend, co-worker, classmate, etc.
- 3rd being an acquaintance
- 4th being a spouse
- 5th - with ONLY 4% - being a stranger
- Marital rape was not made illegal in all 50 states until July 1993!?!
- The first few thousand years of history, the only rapes punished were those that defiled virgins
- They were considered crimes against property (the property of their husband/father) and these men were reimbursed for property damages
- Every 7 minutes, a woman is raped in the US
- 10% of rape victims are men
- most are raped by other men
- most of them - perpetrator and victim - are HETEROsexual
- these rapes typically happen in prisons
- Women between the age of 16-24 are 2 to 3 times more likely to be raped than older women
- The "date rape" drug, Rohypnol, is 10 times stronger than Valium
- it has no taste, odor, or color and is, thus, almost impossible to detect
- it kicks in within 30 minutes and can last up to 8 hours
- it can often cause a blackout that can last up to 24 hours leaving the victims with no memory of what happened
- Victims often suffer after the rape with sexual, physical, emotional and mental problems
- some even develop PTSD
All of this information came from my Human Sexuality textbook, chapter 18 on Sexual Coercion... this was my much needed study break as I suffer through reviewing all 19 of its chapters for my last final on Monday!
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