Domestic Violence Awareness

Did You Know That:

• One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.


• An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.


• 85% of domestic violence victims are women.


• Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.


• Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.


• Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.

Children Who Witness Domestic Violence:

• Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.


• Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.


• 30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household

Did You Know That:

• One in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.


• Nearly 7.8 million women have been raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.


• Sexual assault or forced sex occurs in approximately 40-45% of battering relationships.


• 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked in their lifetime.


• 81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner; 31% are also sexually assaulted by that partner

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MUST STOP!!!!