Statistics

1 in 5 college women and 1 in 33 college men will be victims of sexual violence in their lifetime.
2 in 5 gay or bisexual men will experience intimate partner violence.
Approximately 1 in 8 lesbian women and nearly half of bisexual women experience rape in their lifetime.
Students are at an increased risk during their first few months of their first and second semesters in college.
More than 50% of college sexual assaults occur in either August, September, October or November.
More than 75% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone known to the victim.
60% of acquaintance rapes on college campuses occur in casual or steady dating relationships.
64% of Trans people have experienced sexual assault in their lifetime.
21% of TGQN (transgender, genderqueer, nonconforming) college students have been sexually assaulted, compared to 18% of non-TGQN females, and 4% of non-TGQN males.
40% of Black women report coercive contact of a sexual nature by age 18.
Male college-aged students (18-24) are 78% more likely and female colleged-aged student (18-24) are 80% more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.

Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.
43% of dating college women report experiencing abusive dating behaviors.
Transgender survivors were two times as likely to face threats/intimidation within violence relationship, and nearly two times more likely to experience harassment within violence relationships.
52% of college women report knowing a friend who has experienced violent and abusive dating behaviors including physical, sexual, tech, verbal or controlling abuse.
32% of college students report experiencing dating violence by a previous partner.
Nearly one third of college students report having physically assaulted a dating partner in the previous 12 months.

Black women experience domestic violence at rates 35% higher than white women.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.
LGBT domestic violence is vastly underreported, unacknowledged, and often reported as something other than domestic violence.
In one year, 44% of victims in LGBT domestic violence cases identified as men, while 36% identified as women.

1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime.
4.2% of students have experienced stalking since entering college.
Over 13% of college women report they have been stalked. Of these, 42% were stalking by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
60.8% of female stalking victims and 43.5% male stalking victims reported being stalked by a current or former intimate partner.
19.3 million women and 5.1 million men in the United States have been stalked in their lifetime.

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