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OnDecember14th,2011,theCentersforDiseaseControl(CDC),releasedinitial

findingsfromtheNationalIntimatePartnerandSexualViolenceSurvey(NISVS).

TheCDCdescribesNISVSasanon-going,nationallyrepresentativesurveythatassessesexperiencesof

sexualviolence,stalking,andintimatepartnerviolenceamongadultwomenandmenintheUnited

States.TheCDCreports:

Intimatepartnerviolenceandsexualviolencearesignificantpublichealthissues.

Intimatepartnerviolencedisproportionatelyaffectswomen.Womenexperience

multiplevictimizations(physicalviolence,rape,andstalking).

Injustoneyear,morethan1.3millionwomenhavebeenraped.Nearly1in5womenhavebeenthevictimofrapeorattemptedrapeintheirlifetime.Nearly1

in2womenhaveexperiencedotherformsofsexualviolence.1in5menhave

experiencedaformofsexualviolenceotherthanrapeintheirlifetimes.

1in4womenand1in7menhaveexperiencedseverephysicalviolencebyan

intimatepartner.Womenareover4timesmorelikelytobebeaten,6timesmore

likelytobeslammedagainstsomething,and9timesmorelikelytobehurtby

chokingorsuffocating.

12millionpeoplewillbevictimsofphysicalviolence,sexualassault,rapeorstalking.

Mostofthisvictimizationstartsearlyinlife,beforeage25.

28%ofmalevictimsofrapereportedbeingvictimizedbeforeage10.

81%ofwomenwhoexperiencedrape,stalkingorphysicalviolencebyanintimate

partnerreportedsignificantshortorlongtermimpactsrelatedtotheviolence

experiencedinthisrelationshipsuchasPost-TraumaticStressDisorder(PTSD)

symptomsandinjurywhile35%ofmenreportsuchimpactsoftheirexperiences.

Nooneshouldhavetoexperiencedomesticviolence,dating

violence,sexualassault,orstalking.Yetservicesareclosingevery

daybecauseoflackoffunding.Weneedtobetheretomeet

thesevictimsneeds.REAUTHORIZEVAWANOW!