Item # | Topic/Issue | Summary | Nation(s) | Year(s) | Citation | Institution(s) | |
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2 | Violence, Sexual | Both sexes are raped equally (1.27M vs. 1.267M) |
United States | 2010 | National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report | Center for Disease Control | details |
20 | Violence, Sexual | Up until 2013, the FBI's definition of rape explicitly excluded perpetration against men |
United States | 2012 | Frequently Asked Questions about the Change in the UCR Definition of Rape | US Dept of Justice | details |
23 | Violence, Sexual | 80% of men raped had female rapists |
United States | 2010 | National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report | Center for Disease Control | details |
24 | Violence, Sexual | 46% of men raped had female rapists |
United States | 2010 | Male Sexual Victimization Examining Men's Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault | West Virginia University | details |
25 | Violence, Sexual | 95% of rapes in Juvenile Facilities perpetrated by women |
United States | 2010 | Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth | US Dept of Justice | details |
26 | Violence, Sexual | More rape in prison than without (209,400 vs. 203,830) |
United States | 2008 | Compare: Prison Rape Elimination Act Regulatory Impact Assessment, p. 2 to National Crime Victimization Survey, p. 1 | US Dept of Justice | details |
27 | Violence, Sexual | Lesbian relationships: 48% raped by partner at some point (i.e. - rape has little to do with masculinity) |
United States | 1992 | Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships | University of Kentucky | details |
31 | Violence, Sexual | 92% female rape victims raped by intimate partner/acquaintance |
United States | 2010 | National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report | Center for Disease Control | details |
59 | Violence, Sexual | 1.2% of women (18+) experienced sexual violence that year |
Australia | 2012 | Measuring the Prevalence of Violence | Bureau of Statistics | details |
69 | Violence, Sexual | 95% of sexual coercion among males 16-24 years old done by women |
United States | 2013 | Sexual Coercion Context and Psychosocial Correlates Among Diverse Males, p. 48 | University of Missouri | details |
72 | Violence, Sexual | 40.5% of all rapists are women |
United States | 2010 | National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report | Center for Disease Control | details |
73 | Violence, Sexual | 25-31% of young men had non-consensual sex initiated by a woman |
2003 | Men's Reports of Nonconsensual Sexual Interactions with Women: Prevalence and Impact | University of Potsdam | details | |
136 | Violence, Sexual | Among abuse allegations for minors (8-11), 42-44% of alleged victims are boys |
Canada | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 15 | details | |
137 | Violence, Sexual | 1/3 of males and 1/2 of females reported being victims of unwanted sexual touching in their lifetime |
Canada | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 15 | details | |
138 | Violence, Sexual | 90% of males and 75% of females do not report their abuse experience |
Canada | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 15 | details | |
139 | Violence, Sexual | 1/4 of perpetrators of unwanted sexual exposure (e.g. - "flashing") are women |
Canada | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 16 | details | |
140 | Violence, Sexual | 50% of the 229 juveniles involved in prostitution reported being approached for sexual services by an adult female (62% of the males and 43.4% of the females) |
Canada | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 16 | details | |
141 | Violence, Sexual | Child victims of violent sex crimes are more likely to be male |
United States | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 16 | details | |
142 | Violence, Sexual | 19% of males reported suffering unsolicited sexual advances (i.e. - sexual harassment) |
Germany | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 19 | details | |
143 | Violence, Sexual | 21% of males reported suffering unsolicited sexual advances (i.e. - sexual harassment) |
France | 1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 19 | details | |
152 | Violence, Sexual | Boys sexually abused by males 45% of the time, by females 55% of the time |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p. 27 | details | ||
153 | Violence, Sexual | Boys more likely to be sexually abused by multiple perpetrators |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.28 | details | ||
154 | Violence, Sexual | Boys more likely to be sexually abused by strangers |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.28 | details | ||
155 | Violence, Sexual | Female perpetrators 25%+ of the time |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.28 | details | ||
156 | Violence, Sexual | In 60% of male victims, abusers were female (self-reported) |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.30 | details | ||
157 | Violence, Sexual | Among male college students, female perpetration rates as high as 72% to 82% |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.30 | details | ||
158 | Violence, Sexual | 80% of sexually aggressive men were sexually abused by a female in the past |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.30 | details | ||
159 | Violence, Sexual | 59% of sexually aggressive men were sexually abused by a female in the past |
1996 | The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens, p.30 | details | ||
193 | Violence, Sexual | Males 2.9x more likely than females (8.2% vs. 2.8%) in juvenile facilities to be sexually assaulted by staff |
United States | 2013 | Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, p. 4 | Bureau of Justice Statistics | details |
195 | Violence, Sexual | 92.1% of all rapes at Juvenile centers are comitted by female guardians raping teen boys (89.1% solely female, 3% both); females represented only 44% of facility staff |
United States | 2013 | Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, p. 5 | Bureau of Justice Statistics | details |
197 | Violence, Sexual | Half of commercially sexually exploited children were boys; 40% had female clients (13% exclusively so) |
United States | 2008 | The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, p. 3 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | details |
200 | Violence, Sexual | Female commercially sexually exploited children more likely to be housed than males (NYC) |
United States | 2008 | The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, p. 4 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | details |
201 | Violence, Sexual | Male defendants in sexual exploitation cases received more severe outcomes than female defendents |
United States | 2000 | The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, p. 4 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | details |
202 | Violence, Sexual | Several CASEC initiatives targeted girls exclusively (and none targeted boys exclusively) |
United States | 2008 | The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York City, p. 9 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice | details |
203 | Violence, Sexual | Females 2.4x more likely than males (5.4% vs. 2.2%) in juvenile facilities to be sexually assaulted by other youth |
United States | 2013 | Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, p. 4 | Bureau of Justice Statistics | details |
323 | Violence, Sexual | When same definition applied to both genders, women only slightly more likely than men to be forced into sex (22% vs. 16%) |
United States | 1988 | Cultural Suppression of Female Sexuality, p. 192 | Case Western Reserve University, San Diego State University | details |
325 | Violence, Sexual | By ages 18-19, adolescent perpetrators of sexual violence are equally male (52%) and female (48%) |
United States | 2013 | Prevalence Rates of Male and Female Sexual Violence Perpetrators in a National Sample of Adolescents | Center for Innovative Public Health Research, University of New Hampshire | details |
334 | Violence, Sexual | >1/3 of students who reported attempted/completed rape were men (8% vs. 15%) |
United States | 2010 | College Students' Sexual Assault Experiences at SUNY Geneseo: Results from an Anonymous, Campus-Wide Survey and Implications for Change, p. 4 | SUNY Genesco | details |
373 | Violence, Sexual | >60% of children molested in daycares, women are perpetrators |
2000 | Psychological profile of pedophiles and child molesters. | St John's University | details | |
374 | Violence, Sexual | Women perpetrators involved in 45% of child molestations (22% female-only perpetrator + 23% both male and female perpetrators) |
United States | 2005 | Long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse by gender of victim | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | details |
375 | Violence, Sexual | Among student victims of educator SV: 57.2% report a male offender and 42.4% report a female offender |
United States | 2004 | Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature | Department of Education | details |
424 | Violence, Sexual | 41% of perpetrators of conflict-associated sexual violence against women were women |
Congo | 2010 | Association of Sexual Violence and Human Rights Violations With Physical and Mental Health in Territories of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, McGill University, StatAid, International Medical Corps, Special Operations Command Africa-United States Africa Command | details |
425 | Violence, Sexual | 10% of perpetrators of conflict-associated sexual violence against men were women |
Congo | 2010 | Association of Sexual Violence and Human Rights Violations With Physical and Mental Health in Territories of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, McGill University, StatAid, International Medical Corps, Special Operations Command Africa-United States Africa Command | details |
457 | Violence, Sexual | When a female answers positively to the question "Someone forced me to have sex using physical force," it is coded as "rape." When a male answers positively to the exact same question, it is coded as "physically-forced sex." |
Chile | 2005 | Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Young Men: Evidence from a Survey of University Students in Chile | University of Arizona, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of Illinois | details |
514 | Violence, Sexual | College men and women reported equal rates of Coercive Sexual Activity victimization (30% vs. 32%) |
international | 2007 | Predictors of Sexual Coercion Against Women and Men: A Multilevel, Multinational Study of University Students, pp. 412, 414 | Clark University | details |
515 | Violence, Sexual | College men sustained forced sex from their current/most recent romantic partner more than college women (3.0% vs. 2.3%) |
international | 2007 | Predictors of Sexual Coercion Against Women and Men: A Multilevel, Multinational Study of University Students, pp. 412, 414 | Clark University | details |
516 | Violence, Sexual | College men and women reported equal rates of verbal sexual coercion (22.0% vs. 25%) |
international | 2007 | Predictors of Sexual Coercion Against Women and Men: A Multilevel, Multinational Study of University Students, pp. 412, 414 | Clark University | details |
517 | Violence, Sexual | College men more than college women were threatened into having oral/anal sex (1.9% vs. 1.7%) and vaginal sex (1.9% vs. 1.8%) |
international | 2007 | Predictors of Sexual Coercion Against Women and Men: A Multilevel, Multinational Study of University Students, pp. 412, 414 | Clark University | details |
518 | Violence, Sexual | Among minor-aged (12-18) street-involved kids, males are more sexually exploited (33% vs. 24% in 2000; 34% vs. 27% in 2006) |
Canada | 2006 | It's Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia, pp. 6, 19 | University of British Columbia | details |
519 | Violence, Sexual | Half of street-involved youth were Sexually Exploited by females |
Canada | 2008 | It's Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia, p. 6 | University of British Columbia | details |
520 | Violence, Sexual | Among street-involved kids, males and females are equally likely to be sexually exploited |
Canada | 2008 | It's Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia, pp. 19, 28 | University of British Columbia | details |
521 | Violence, Sexual | Among street-involved kids, more than 3 out of 4 males were sexually exploited by women (79%) |
Canada | 2008 | It's Not What You Think: Sexually Exploited Youth in British Columbia, p. 30 | University of British Columbia | details |
534 | Violence, Sexual | Both men and women (38.8% vs. 47.9% pressured into a range of sexual activity: kissing, cuddling, fondling, oral sex, intecourse) |
Canada | 2007 | Characteristics of male and female victims of sexual coercion, p. 31 | University of Guelph | details |
535 | Violence, Sexual | No significant gender difference in men and women who reported being sexually coerced when intoxicated |
Canada | 2007 | Characteristics of male and female victims of sexual coercion, pp. 36-37 | University of Guelph | details |
536 | Violence, Sexual | No significant gender difference in men and women in either coerced oral sex or coerced intercourse |
Canada | 2007 | Characteristics of male and female victims of sexual coercion, p. 36 | University of Guelph | details |
551 | Violence, Sexual | Fear of sexual violence affects both women and men (1-5% variance vs. 1-2% variance) |
United States | 2003 | Women's and Men's Fear of Gang Crimes: Sexual and Nonsexual Assault as Perceptually Contemporaneous Offenses, pp. 359-364 | University of Florida, University of California | details |
574 | Violence, Sexual | 21% of inmates pressured or forced to have sexual contact; 7% raped |
United States | 2000 | No Escape: Male Rape in US Prisons | Human Rights Watch | details |
575 | Violence, Sexual | 22% of male inmates pressured or forced to have sexual contact; >11% raped |
United States | 1996 | No Escape: Male Rape in US Prisons | Human Rights Watch | details |
576 | Violence, Sexual | According to inmates, roughly 1/3 coerced into participation in inmate-on-inmate sex |
United States | 1996-1999 | No Escape: Male Rape in US Prisons | Human Rights Watch | details |
577 | Violence, Sexual | 4.5% of prisoners sexually abused at least once in prior 12 months |
United States | 2007 | National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Report, p. 4 | National Institute of Corrections | details |
578 | Violence, Sexual | 64% of sexually abused minors in juvenile detention facilities are boys |
United States | 2006 | National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Report, p. 17 | National Institute of Corrections | details |
579 | Violence, Sexual | 4.0% of prison inmates, 3.2% of jail inmates sexually abused at least once in prior 12 months |
United States | 2012 | Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12, p. 6 | Department of Justice | details |
580 | Violence, Sexual | Only 5.8% of prisons and 9.5% of jails reported no incidents of sexual victimization in prior 12 months |
United States | 2012 | Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12, p. 6 | Department of Justice | details |
589 | Violence, Sexual | Boys are sexually abused 23% more often than girls (48% vs. 39%) |
India | 2007 | Study on Child Abuse: India 2007, p.74 | Government of India | details |
590 | Violence, Sexual | In 9 out of 13 states (69%), boys are sexually abused more than girls |
India | 2007 | Study on Child Abuse: India 2007, p.75 | Government of India | details |
591 | Violence, Sexual | Boys are victims of severe forms of sexual abuse (sexual assault, making the child fondle private parts, making the child exhibit private body parts and being photographed in the nude) 34% more often than girls (57.3% vs. 42.7%) |
India | 2007 | Study on Child Abuse: India 2007, p.75 | Government of India | details |
592 | Violence, Sexual | In 9 out of 13 states (69%), boys are sexually abused in multiple contexts (by parents, by non-parents, at school, at other institutions) more often than girls |
India | 2007 | Study on Child Abuse: India 2007, p.77 | Government of India | details |
593 | Violence, Sexual | Of sub-categories of sexual violence, boys are victimized more than girls in 6 out of 9 categories |
India | 2007 | Study on Child Abuse: India 2007, pp. 80-95 | Government of India | details |
599 | Violence, Sexual | 1/3 of self-reported sexual assault victims are male (15 vs. 34 per 1000) |
Canada | 2009 | Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault: Their Experiences, p. 3 | Department of Justice | details |
600 | Violence, Sexual | Only 3 organizations in the country dedicated to providing services to male survivors of sexual assault |
Canada | 2008 | Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault: Their Experiences, p. 6 | Department of Justice | details |
631 | Violence, Sexual | 59% of men convicted of raping women were sexually molested by a woman when between the ages of 4-16. 14% of the convicts had been molested by 2+ females. |
United States | 1984 | Heterosexual Molestation of Children Who Later Became Rapists | California School of Professional Psychology - Fresno | details |
737 | Violence, Sexual | Men are 33% more likely to experience serious sexual violence by an acquaintance than women are (48% vs. 36% of incidences) |
United Kingdom | 2012 | Focus on: Violent Crime and Sexual Offences, 2011/12, pp. 62, 66 | Office for National Statistics | details |
778 | Violence, Sexual | 81% of victims of underage sexual assault by Catholic clergy were male; over 40% of all victims were males between the ages of 11 and 14 |
international | 2002 | The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States 1950-2002, p. 3 | the City University of New York | details |
779 | Violence, Sexual | 26% of inmates (ages 18-25) experienced sexual assault in custody |
Australia | 1998 | Fear of Favour: Sexual Assault of Young Prisoners, p. 66 | details | |
780 | Violence, Sexual | Out of 4076 NGOs around the world addressing rape during wartime and other forms of political sexual violence, only 3% mention the experience of male victims in their informational materials (typically as a passing reference) |
international | 2002 | Male-on-Male Sexual Violence in Wartime: Human Rights' Last Taboo? | Syracuse University, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics | details |
781 | Violence, Sexual | There are well over one hundred uses of the term “violence against women”—defined to include sexual violence—in U.N. resolutions, treaties, general comments, and consensus documents. No human rights instruments explicitly address sexual violence against men. |
international | 2008 | Male Rape and Human Rights, p. 619 | UCLA School of Law | details |
905 | Violence, Sexual | Men have a tendency to deny that [childhood] sexual assault has an effect on their lives. |
Iceland | 2012 | Deep and almost unbearable suffering: Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for men's health and well-being, p. 8 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
906 | Violence, Sexual | Men with a history of childhood sexual assault have difficulty touching their own children, and are often treated as de facto future abusers. |
Iceland | 2012 | Deep and almost unbearable suffering: Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for men's health and well-being, p. 8 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
907 | Violence, Sexual | Male victims of childhood sexual abuse tend to process their emotional pain and fear outward (resulting in anger, aggression, and rage) while female victims process inward (resulting in despair, insecurity, and alertness). |
Iceland | 2014 | Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, pp. 4-5 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
908 | Violence, Sexual | Being made to feel responsible for childhood sexual abuse - resulting in self-accusations, shame, and guilt - is not a gendered response. Despite how it might otherwise be characterized, men are equally made to feel guilty as are women. |
Iceland | 2014 | Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, pp. 4-5 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
909 | Violence, Sexual | While victims of childhood sexual abuse of both genders use alcohol to numb their emotional pain, men are more likely to become addicted to drugs and prescription medication on top of that. |
Iceland | 2014 | Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, p. 5 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
910 | Violence, Sexual | Male victims of childhood sexual abuse tend to be in greater denial and have a tendency to not seek help. |
Iceland | 2014 | Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, pp. 4-5 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |
911 | Violence, Sexual | While female victims of childhood sexual assault have problems with trusting others, male victims feel that trust is not a viable option - they disconnect emotionally, never managing to relate or trust again. |
Iceland | 2014 | Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences, p. 6 | University of Akureyri, University of Iceland | details |