Study: Nearly 1 in 5 women reportedly raped

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-12-15 03:02

Article here. Excerpt:

'A government survey of rape and domestic violence released Wednesday affirmed that sexual violence against women remains endemic in the United States and in some instances may be far more common than previously thought.

Nearly 1 in 5 women surveyed said they had been raped or had experienced an attempted rape at some point, and 1 in 4 reported being beaten by an intimate partner. In Florida, nearly 1.3 million women (17.1 percent) say that have been raped at some time in their lives.

"That almost 1 in 5 women have been raped in their lifetime is very striking," said Linda Degutis, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which conducted the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.'

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http://news.yahoo.com/survey-1-4-women-attacked-intimate-partner-225334654.html

Soon it'll be 1 in 2.

But the real story in this story is the one untold. Assuming for the moment that the findings of the CDC are correct and comprehensive, just read the actual executive summary found here (.pdf file). Read the stats on male victims of rape, violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

The study site is http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/nisvs/

You'd think with such "new" information about how many male victims of sexual violence there are, the press would be highlighting that. But no.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2011-12-16 03:47