Sexual Assault Awareness
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. NCTC is hoping to raise awareness within the college, as well as the community!
Every 98 seconds, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted (RAINN & USDOJ) and 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted while in college (National Sexual Violence Resource Center). Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide (WHO). These survivors are our students, our co-workers, our family, our friends, and maybe even ourselves. Please join us during April to raise awareness about sexual assault and work toward prevention efforts!
About Sexual Assault
According the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, sexual violence happens in every community and affects people of all genders and ages. Sexual violence is any type of unwanted sexual contact. This includes words and actions of a sexual nature against a person’s will and without their consent. Forms of sexual violence include:
Rape or sexual assault
Child sexual assault and incest
Sexual assault by a person’s spouse or partner
Unwanted sexual contact/touching
Sexual harassment
Sexual exploitation and trafficking
Exposing one’s genitals or naked body to other(s) without consent
Masturbating in public
Watching someone engage in private acts without their knowledge or permission
Non consensual image sharing
After An Assault
NSVRC has a number of resources in our online collection that can provide helpful information about the process of healing from sexual violence, but none of them are as helpful as talking to an advocate, counselor, or therapist about your experiences. RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline can connect you to someone in your area you can talk to.
Sexual Violence by Any Perpetrator Statistics
Nearly 1 in 5 women (18.3%) and 1 in 71 men (1.4%) in the United States have been raped at some time in their lives, including completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, or alcohol/drug facilitated completed penetration.
More than half (51.1%) of female victims of rape reported being raped by an intimate partner and 40.8% by an acquaintance; for male victims, more than half (52.4%) reported being raped by an ac-quittance and 15.1% by a stranger.
Approximately 1 in 21 men (4.8%) reported that they were made to penetrate someone else during their lifetime; most men who were made to penetrate someone else reported that the perpetrator was either an intimate partner (44.8%) or an acquaintance (44.7%).
An estimated 13% of women and 6% of men have experienced sexual coercion in their lifetime (i.e., unwanted sexual penetration after being pressured in a nonphysical way); and 27.2% of women and 11.7% of men have experienced unwanted sexual contact.
Most female victims of completed rape (79.6%) experienced their first rape before the age of 25; 42.2% experienced their first completed rape before the age of 18 years.
More than one-quarter of male victims of completed rape (27.8%) experienced their first rape when they were 10 years of age or younger.
EVERY 73
seconds
another American is sexually assaulted
1 IN 6
women
has been a victim of sexual violence
1 IN 33
men
have been the victims of sexual violence
21%
transgender, genderqueer & nonconforming
college students have been sexually assaulted
8/10
sexual assaults
go unreported
8/10
rapes
are committed by someone the victim know
Resources
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
800-656-HOPE (4673) (24 hours)
Denton County Friends of the Family
Office: (940) 387-5131
Crisis: 800-572-4031 or (940) 382-7273 (both 24 hours)
Crisis Text Option: (940) 382-7273
Denton Outreach Office:
4845 S I-35 E, Suite 200
Corinth, TX 76210
Abigail’s Arms
(940) 665-CURE (2873) (24 hours)
Outreach Office:
1600 Aspen
Gainesville, TX 76240
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center
Office: (214) 712-4900
Crisis: (972) 641-7273 (24 hours)
Administrative Offices:
2801 Swiss Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
Clinical Offices:
11300 N Central Expressway Ste. 601
Dallas, TX 75243
Human Trafficking Resources
National Human Trafficking Hotline
888-373-7877
Text "BeFree" to 233733
C7 Human Trafficking Coalition
888-373-7888
Refuge for Women
(859) 629-1642
You Can Free Us
(940) 725-3200
Poiema Foundation
(469) 757-8888
Young County Resources
Virginia’s House
The mission of Virginia's House is to meet the needs of abused, neglected and traumatized children through programs of prevention, advocacy and support.
729 Elm – PO Box 155
Graham, TX 76450
Phone: (940) 549-9829
Fax: (940) 549-0302
Email: info@virginiashousetx.org
Graham Area Crisis Center
Serving women in crisis, a non-profit based in Graham, Texas, our mission is to understand the causes and complexities of Women and Children in crisis by providing care, shelter, food and counseling and to help with transitional planning for short and long term goals toward successful independence.
503 2nd St.
Graham, TX 76450
Phone: (940) 549-6002
Shine On
Shine On is a faith-based organization that provides transitional housing for battered women or women who have been incarcerated and have no other living options.
PO Box 1092
Graham TX 76450
E-mail: info@shineonforwomen.org
Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center
Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Wise, Jack and Montague counties.
608 N Business 287
Decatur, Texas
Phone: (940) 626-4585
HISTORY OF
denim day
In 1997 in Italy, an 18-year-old girl was raped by her 45-year-driving instructor, who was later convicted and sentenced to jail.
The perpetrator appealed the sentence and his case made it to the Italian Supreme Court where the case was overturned. The instructor was released and the Head Judge released a statement arguing that because she wore tight jeans, he assumed that she must have helped him remove her jeans and, therefore, consented.
Enraged by the verdict, the women in the Italian Parliament launched into immediate action and protested by wearing jeans on the steps of the Italian Parliament building.
This was the beginning of what has become a worldwide event and movement to wear jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.
Self-Defense 101
Defensive tactics by Graham Police Department for April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month.