statistics on how many women are sexually harassed
One in four women and one in six men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. One in six women and one in thirty-three men will experience attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. In eight out of ten rape cases, the victim knows the perpetrator. One in every seven victims of sexual assault is under the age of six. One in four victims of sexual assault under the age of twelve is a boy. 13.3% of college women indicate that they have been forced to have sex in a dating situation. Nearly six out of ten sexual assaults occur in the victimâs home or the home of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Sexual assault is the violent crime that is least often reported to law enforcement officials. A 2000 study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that only 28% of victims report their sexual assault to the police. Only about 2% of all sexual assault accusations reported to police turn out to be false.