Did you know?

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime.
• Young women ages 16-24 experience the highest rate of domestic violence - 16 per 1,000 women.
• 70% of teenage and college women who are sexually assaulted are raped during the course of a date.
• 38% of date rapes were reported by teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17.
• 53% of victims (women and men) of domestic violence were abused by a current or former boyfriend or girlfriend.
• 21% of college student (women and men) report they have experienced dating violence by a current partner.
• 32% report dating violence by a previous partner.
• 13% of college women report they were forced to have sex by a dating partner.
• 60% of acquaintance rapes on college campuses occur in casual or steady dating relationships.
• In America, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
• Three in four women over age 18 who reported being raped were also physically assaulted by a current or former husband, cohabitating partner, or date.