All Abuse...
All abuse must be taken seriously. All abuse is damaging. While the results of some kinds of abuse are more visible, it is not possible to say that visible abuse is more serious than abuse which cannot be seen. Not all abuse progresses to physical violence, but almost all physical violence begins with emotional abuse
 
1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
Although every woman is a potential victim of sexual assault, the risk of rape is four times higher for females 16-24 years of age.
A Metro Toronto Study found that 1 in 4 females high school students had been persuaded to have intercourse.
69% of Sexual assaults are committed by a know assailant
In a long term study of adolescents' vulnerability to sexual assault, it was found that:
• 56% had been raped on a date
• 30% had been raped by a friend
• 11% by a boyfriend
• 78% did not tell their parents
• 71% confided in one or more of their teenage friends (not someone experienced in helping)
• only 6% reported the assault to the Police
In Canada, every 6 minutes a woman is sexually assaulted and every 17 minutes a woman is forced to have sexual intercourse.
95% of women who have been sexually assaulted DO NOT report the incident to the police
 
may say anything that makes you feel bad about your self image or body  
may insult you sexually  
may make sexual advances towards other people  
may make you do sexual acts you do not want to do  
may force you to have sex  
 
Sexual Assaults are most often committed by Strangers. False
  69% of sexual assaults are committed by a know assailant
The best way for a woman to protect herself from sexual assault is to avoid being alone at night in a dark, deserted place such as an alley or parking lot. False
Most sexual assaults occur in a private home (60%) and the largest percentage of these (38%) occur in the victim's home.
Men who sexually assault women are either mentally ill or sexually starved. False
Sexual assault is a crime of power, control and violence. Studies and research on the psychological profiles of rapists overwhelmingly reveal that they are "ordinary, normal" average men.
Only young and attractive women are sexually assaulted. False
Sexual assault happens to women of all ages and physical types, from every cultural, racial, religious and socioeconomic background including native, immigrant, rural, elderly women and women with disabilities.
Women provoke sexual assault by their appearance of behaviour. Women who are sexually assaulted, "ask for it". False
Women always have a right to say no to sexual involvement. The idea that women, "ask for it" is often used by Men who assault to rationalize their behaviour.
Even though a woman say, "no", she secretly enjoys being forced to have sex. False
"NO" means "NO"-whatever the situation.
A woman who has agreed to sex previously with the same partner (for example her husband or boyfriend) cannot be raped. False
Sexual assault occurs whenever a person does not want to have sex but is forced to do so.
 
 
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