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- Out of every 100 rapes:
- 46 are reported to the police.
- 12 rapes will resort in an arrest.
- 9 rape cases are prosecuted.
- 5 rape cases lead to a felony conviction.
- Only 3 rapists will ever spend a day in jail.
- In a survey of 11-14 year-old boys:
- 51% believed rape was acceptable if a boy spent a lot of money on a girl.
- 31% believed rape was acceptable if a girl had past sexual experience.
- 65% believed rape was acceptable if a girl and boy had been dating for more than 6 months.
- 87% believed rape was acceptable if the woman and man are married.
- A woman might not even have grown up understanding what rape is, because in a survey of 11-14 year-old girls:
- 41% believed rape was acceptable if a boy spent a lot of money on a girl.
- 32% believed rape was acceptable if a girl had past sexual experience.
- 47% believed rape was acceptable if a girl and boy had been dating for more than 6 months.
- 79% believed rape was acceptable if the woman and man are married.
- In a survey of college males:
- 35% admit - anonymously - that they would rape under the circumstances that they could get away with it.
- 1 in 12 admitted to committing acts defined as rape, but 84% of rapists did not recognize those acts as rape.
- In yet another survey of college males:
- 43% of college-aged men admitted to using coercive behavior to have sex, including ignoring a woman’s protest, using physical aggression, and forcing intercourse.
- 15% acknowledged they had committed acquaintance rape; 11% acknowledged using physical restraints to force a woman to have sex.
- Sources:
- http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/sa_rape_support.html
- http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/reporting-rates
- http://www.rainn.org/statistics
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