What you don't know about sexual assault can 
hurt you. Lack of information leaves you more 
vulnerable than you need to be.  
Know the facts. 

< In Canada 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Half of these women will be assaulted before they are 17 years old. < Nearly all sexual assaults are committed by men. < You are more likely to be sexually assaulted by someone you know, than a stranger. 83% of women who have been raped know their attacker. < 90% of females with disabilities have been sexually exploited by men they know. < The risk of rape is four times higher for the 16 to 24 age group. < A Metro Toronto study found that one in four female highschool students had been persuaded to have intercourse. < A long term study on teens found that : 56%had been raped while on a date 30% had been raped by a friend 11% had been raped by a boyfriend 78% did not tell their parents 71% told one or more of their friends 6% reported the rape to the police. < 90% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police < More than 70% of the 8100 sexual assault crimes in Canada were perpetrated against females under the age of 25. A study of highschool students' perceptions of male-female interactions revealed that most of the boys felt it was okay for a man to force sex on a woman under certain circumstances;