Parents, Did You Know...

References

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

Source
Koss, M.P. (1998). Hidden Rape: Incidence, Prevalence and Descriptive Characteristics of Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of College Students. In Burgers, A.W. (ed.) Sexual Assault. Vol. II. New York: Garland Publishing Co.

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"57% of sexual assaults occur on a date."

Source
Koss, Woodruff. Koss Study, 1990.

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"35% of men report some likelihood that they would sexually assault if they could be assured they wouldn't be caught and punished."

Source
Malamuth, N.M. "Rape Proclivity Among Males," Journal of Social Issues 37 (1981): 138-157.

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"1 in 8 college women will be sexually assaulted while in college."

Source
Martin, Laura C. (1992). A Life Without Fear. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 71.

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"84% of women who are sexually assaulted know their assailant."

Source
National Victims Center, 1992.

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"55% of gang rapes on college campuses are done by fraternities, 40% by sports teams, 5% by others."

Source
O'Sullivan, C. "Acquaintance Gang Rape on Campus." In A. Parrot and L. Bechhofer (eds.), Acquaintance Rape: The Hidden Crime. New York: John Wiley and Sons, (1991): 140-56.

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"More than 1 in 5 men report 'becoming so sexually aroused that they could not stop themselves from having sex, even though the woman did not consent.' "

Source
Peterson, S.A., and B. Franzese. "Correlates of College Men's Sexual Abuse of Women," Journal of College Student Personnel 28 (1987): 223-28.

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"1 in 12 men admit committing acts that meet the legal definition of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault."

"84% of men who committed sexual assault said that what they did was definitely not sexual assault."

"30% of sexual assault victims contemplate suicide after the assault."

"82% of sexual assault survivors say the assault permanently changed them."

Source
Warshaw, R. I Never Called It Rape. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.

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