National Sexual Violence Resource Center

But I think the this really emphasizes the point that this is part of society and that this is something that is just really deeply ingrained into the way that business as usual is conducted within the country.

So for women who are growing up, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center notes that about one in three women report a completed or attempted rape for the first time between the ages of 11 and 17.

So again, this kind of young girl, young teenager time period will result in one third of these women going through a completed or an attempted rape to kind of, you know, as all of this is happening in their life and as they are starting to engage with more people outside of their like immediate family, right? Eighty one percent of women and 43 percent of men report sexual sexual harassment or sexual assault in their lifetime.

The men's statistic is important to note because, of course, this is something that can happen in either direction.

How many more cases are shrouded under layers of intimidation, bureaucracy, and the lack of resources to hold these rapists accountable? A lot.

According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, among college women, nine out of 10 victims of sexual assault knew the person who sexually assaulted them.

90% knew this...

You know, we're, we're, we're raised and trained to believe that it's walking down a dark alley in the middle of the night that's the most dangerous thing, and as dangerous as you think as that is, it's nine times more dangerous to be-- for a woman to just be with a man that she knows.

Not one of the 57 men in the group chat thought to say, "Hey, this is kind of fucked up.

Maybe you shouldn't be doing this." I wanna share just a few statistics from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center to get started, just to set the stage for how unfortunately and disgustingly common this is.

One in five women in the United States experience completed or at least attempted rape in their lifetimes.

One in five.

I did make the Substack page a little bit more low-key with opportunities to click off if you are worried that someone is going to be monitoring you.

But there are several organizations, like the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, RAINN, VictimConnect Resource Center, which does include tribal resource tools, so if you are Native American or Alaskan Native, there are resources for you.

And then there's also Ujima, which is the national center on violence against women in the Black community and efforts at historically Black colleges and universities.

And then if you scroll down on the page, there are ways to get involved with Every Voice, Men Can Stop Rape, MCSR, It's On Us, and End Rape On Campus.