Violence Against Women in the United States: Statistics

[seabeyond]

MURDER

In 2005, 1,181 women were murdered by an intimate partner.1 That's an average of three women every day. Of all the women murdered in the U.S., about one-third were killed by an intimate partner.2

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Intimate Partner Violence or Battering)

Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner.3 According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner-related physical assaults and rapes every year.4 Less than 20 percent of battered women sought medical treatment following an injury.5

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which includes crimes that were not reported to the police, 232,960 women in the U.S. were raped or sexually assaulted in 2006. That's more than 600 women every day.6 Other estimates, such as those generated by the FBI, are much lower because they rely on data from law enforcement agencies. A significant number of crimes are never even reported for reasons that include the victim's feeling that nothing can/will be done and the personal nature of the incident.7

THE TARGETS

Young women, low-income women and some minorities are disproportionately victims of domestic violence and rape. Women ages 20-24 are at greatest risk of nonfatal domestic violence8, and women age 24 and under suffer from the highest rates of rape.9 The Justice Department estimates that one in five women will experience rape or attempted rape during their college years, and that less than five percent of these rapes will be reported.10 Income is also a factor: the poorer the household, the higher the rate of domestic violence -- with women in the lowest income category experiencing more than six times the rate of nonfatal intimate partner violence as compared to women in the highest income category.11 When we consider race, we see that African-American women face higher rates of domestic violence than white women, and American-Indian women are victimized at a rate more than double that of women of other races.12

http://www.now.org/issues/violence/stats.html

[laconicsax]

1. But according to DU's MRAs, women are the abusers most of the time.

You have to wonder why there's an entire group on DU dedicated to promoting the agenda of a recognized hate group.

[seabeyond]

2. que surprise!

[iverglas]

3. I actually just looked at it recently for about the third time

Kinda, well, small, isn't it?

Will you be considering doing the OP about the SPLC's determinations about the men's rights whatsits?

[laconicsax]

4. I suppose.

I'm not sure where the best venue for that would be.

[ellisonz]

5. Anyone who doesn't think violence against women is a major issue in this country...

...is dreaming. Thank you for posting.

[BlueIris]

6. 1 in 5 women will experience rape in college? But that means the Justice Department is saying

1 out of every 5 males is a rapist! The DOJ is full of feminazi liars!! Oppressors of men!! IEEEEEE!

[laconicsax]

7. I'm pretty sure that one of my college roommates was a rapist.

In fact, it's hard not to suspect that he was a GHB fan. I only had three roommates in college, and the more I think about it, two of them may have been rapists.

While I know that the statistic doesn't mean that 20% of college men are rapists, I could believe that 20% of the men I knew or was acquainted with in college were rapists.

[sufrommich]

8. I'm sure most of those women

just "pushed the wrong buttons".

[laconicsax]

9. Well that much is obvious

Female victims always incite their male partners to violence.

[redqueen]

10. It's innate feminine knowledge, dontcha know...

Oh the things you can learn from the men's group on DU.

[MadrasT]

11. Well I know I sure "deserved it".

I did shoot my mouth off, after all.