April is sexual assault awareness month, or SAAM for short. This chapter will contain potentially triggering statistics about SA, as I want to bring as much awareness to this as possible and share the evidence and facts of survivors of SA.
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I am a bisexual woman. My abuser was a lesbian, transgender woman.
Bisexual women are among the most at risk for sexual assault.
Whilst most perpetrators of sexual assault are men, women can also be perpetrators of sexual assault.
Statistics
• 13% of lesbians and 46% of bisexual women have been r@ped by an intimate partner
• According to one study, sexual abuse by a woman partner was reported by up to 50% of lesbians
• Between 75-90% of intimate partner abuse experienced by LGBTQ+ community is unreported
• 48% of the bisexual women who were r@ped claimed their first experience happened between 11-17
• Approximately one-fifth of lesbian women (20%) and one-half on bisexual women (48%) reported they were concerned for their safety and/or reported at least one posttraumatic stress disorder symptom
° 40% of gay men and 47% of bisexual men have experienced sexual violence other than r@pe
° 47% of transgender individuals have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime
° 44% of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women experience r@pe, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner
° The 2015 US Transgendered Surgery found that 20% of respondents who were incarcerated in jail, prison or juvenile detention in the last year were sexually assaulted by facility staff
Link to posts;
• bullet points https://www.instagram.com/p/CtM9_JgsH7L/?igsh=a2Vlc3Z2MjVleGRn
° bullet points
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrlpBwZO0vZ/?igsh=MThzYXdtaTU2M
You are still a victim if you were assaulted by someone of the same sex
1 in 5 girls will experience sexual assault before they turn 15.
I had experienced sexual assault at least 3 times before I turned 15.
25% of the world population, whether male, female, transgender, non-binary or anything else, will experience sexual violence in their lifetime.
We need to do better.