| In acquaintance
rape, 75% of men and 55% of women had been drinking or taking drugs
prior to the attack.
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Nearly 1.2
million women are forcibly raped by their current or former male
partners 1 or more times each year. |
1 in 4 female college
students has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. |
| In the United
States a women is raped every 6 minutes. |
Every year, approximately 132,000 women
report that they have been the victims of rape or attempted rape, and
more than 50% of these victims knew their attackers. It is
estimated that 2 to 6 times as many women are raped, but do not report
it. The actual number of rapes may be as high as 792,000 per year
in the United States. |
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| 1 in 4 girls, and 1 in 7 boys
will be victimized before their 18th birthday.
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