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Item # Topic/Issue Summary Nation(s) Year(s) Citation Institution(s)
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