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Jan 2025
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Data Points: Male Survivors of Sexual As...

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*Content Warning: sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violence, rape, suicidal ideation, and mental illness.


Resources:

Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network: RAINN.org

1 in 6 Organization: 1in6.org

1 in 6 Organization Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/1in6org

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help

National Sexual Assault Hotline (1800-656-4763): https://www.rainn.org/resources


Sources:

The 1 in 6 Statistic. (n.d.). One in Six Organization. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://1in6.org/statistic/


Cal Poly Humboldt & North Coast Rape Crisis Team. (n.d.). Supporting Survivors. Sexualized Violence Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://supportingsurvivors.humboldt.edu/statistic


Chen LP, Murad MH, Paras ML, Colbenson KM, Sattler AL, Goranson EN, Elamin MB, Seime RJ, Shinozaki G, Prokop LJ, Zirakzadeh A. Sexual abuse and lifetime diagnosis of psychiatric disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Jul;85(7):618-29. doi: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0583. Epub 2010 May 10. PMID: 20458101; PMCID: PMC2894717. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894717/


March 2020 Delayed Disclosure: A Factsheet Based on Cutting-Edge Research on Child Sexual Abuse. (2020). Montana Legislature. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/Minutes/Senate/Exhibits/230227JUSa3.pdf


T. Muller, R., PhD. (2020, October 15). The Invisible Male Victims of Sexual Trauma. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-trauma/202010/the-invisible-male-victims-sexual-trauma


National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2015 Data Brief - Updated Release. (2018). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2015data-brief508.pdf


National Sexual Violence Resource Center. (n.d.). Sexual Assault: Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics


Petersson, C.C., Plantin, L. Breaking with Norms of Masculinity: Men Making Sense of Their Experience of Sexual Assault. Clin Soc Work J 47, 372–383 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00699-y


Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network. (n.d.). Perpetrators of Sexual Violence: Statistics. RAINN. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence


Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network. (n.d.-b). Sexual Assault of Men and Boys: Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://www.rainn.org/articles/sexual-assault-men-and-boys


U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). National Center for PTSD: Sexual Assault - Males. https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/types/sexual_trauma_male.asp


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