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April
is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). During this month, activities
will focus on sexual violence and increasing awareness regarding its devastating
effects. One in six women and one in 33 men in the United States have been
victims of rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes (1); eight out
of 10 victims knew their perpetrators (1).
Rape is one of the most underreported crimes, making it difficult to accurately count the number of cases. The National Women's Study documented that 84% of women in their sample did not report their rapes to the police (2). A primary reason for the underreporting was cultural norms that stigmatize and blame women for their assaults. Several myths about rape persist (3). Some of the most prevalent rape myths are that women lead men on and therefore deserve to be raped, women often make false accusations of rape, no woman can be raped against her will, and most rapists are strangers (4--6). For these and other reasons, rape survivors often do not disclose experiences of rape and other sexual violence. Additional information about
sexual violence is available at http://www.cdc.gov/injury. Materials are
available from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 123 North
Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025; telephone, 877-739-3895; or at http://www.nsvrc.org.
Use of trade names and commercial
sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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