Text Box: You have experienced sexual violence if: Text Box: Domestic Violence Emergency Services PO Box 262 Atchison, KS 66002 Text Box: DoVES, INC. DoVES, INC. Text Box: Some Useful Information… 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men are victims of sexual assault. (Department of Justice) Youths between the age of 12 to 17 are 2-3 times more likely to be sexually assaulted. (National Victimization Survey 2000) Every 2.5 minutes in America, a woman is raped. (Department of Justice) About 44% of rape victims are under the age of 18, and 80% under 30. (www.rainn.org)

Myths About Sexual Violence

MYTH: The victim provoked it.

TRUTH: 60-70% of all rapes are planned. Sexual Violence is about power not sexual attraction. It is not impulsive.

 

MYTH: Sexual violence only occurs in big cities.

TRUTH: Sexual violence happens in large cities, rural areas, small towns and suburbs.

 

MYTH: Sexual violence is committed only by strangers.

TRUTH: 82% of all rapes are committed by someone that the victim knows. Often it is a friend or family member (Department of Justice).

IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DO NOT SHOWER OR CHANGE CLOTHING. GO TO YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

* You said no.

* You were forced or felt threatened.

* You were under age.

 

* You were forced to look at sexually explicit material.

* You were forced to perform sexual acts.

* You were forced to watch sexual acts be performed.

If you have been a victim of sexual assault, please contact DoVES:
" Leaving behind nights of terror I rise. Into a daybreak that's wonderously clear, I rise." - Maya AngelouText Box: The shame is not yours, it is on the offender.

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