Thursday, November 26, 2009

THIS SCARES ME.

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ad361896/anne/cease/rapestatisticspage.html


In the United States,
-1.3 women are raped every minute. That results in 78 rapes each hour, 1872 rapes each day, 56160 rapes ech month and 683,280 rapes each year.


-1 out of every 3 American women will be sexually assulted in her lifetime.


-The United States has the world's highest rape rate of the countries that publish such statistics. It's 4 times higher than Germany, 13 times higher than England, and 20 times higher than Japan.


-1 in 7 women will be raped by her husband.


-83% of rape cases are ages 24 or under.


-1 in 4 college women have either been raped or suffered attempted rape.


-1 in 12 males students surveyed had commited acts that met the legal definition of rape. Furthermore, 84% of the men who had commited such acts said what they had done was definitely not rape.


-75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in acquintance rape had been drinking or using drugs.


-Only 16% of rapes are ever reported to the police.