Sexual Abuse

DID YOU KNOW?
1 in 5 women will be raped in her lifetime.

• Nearly 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men experienced sexual violence victimization other than rape at some point in their lives.
• Intimate partner sexual assault and rape are used to intimidate, control and demean victims/survivors of domestic violence.
• Intimate partner sexual assault is more likely than stranger or acquaintance assault to cause physical injury.
• Between 14% and 25% of women are sexually assaulted by intimate partners during their relationship.
• Between 40 and 45 percent of women in abusive relationships will also be sexually assaulted during the course of the relationship.
• Over half of the women raped.