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posted December 08, 2010 09:45 PM            

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These are very informative statistics...

Every 2 minutes someone in the United States is sexually assaulted.

60% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police

Approximately 73% of rape victims know their assailants.

Only 6% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics

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posted December 09, 2010 04:38 AM            

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That is sad.Many rapes are not reported because of the feeling of shame and often the rapist is someone known to the victim.

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posted December 09, 2010 04:22 PM            

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Charmainec,

It is sad. I didn't realize the statistics until I went to the website last night. Pretty sad and scary stuff.

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posted December 09, 2010 06:46 PM            

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In school it was actually very shocking to hear stories from a high number of girlfriends who had either been molested or raped.

I would say it was almost a 1 in 3 ratio.

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posted December 10, 2010 01:44 AM            

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Sad but true.
I knew my rapists and molesters.
Oddly all good Christians.
None went to jail.
I tried to tell someone,
no one listened.
I was betwixt 4 and 9 for most and 15 for one.

The following, have no idea what religion they were.
When I was 18, I almost killed a guy defending myself.
There were a few more, where I did what I had to do whilst defending myself.
"Shudder"
Nuff said.

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posted December 10, 2010 06:30 AM            

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Lexx

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posted December 10, 2010 11:13 AM            

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charmainec
Thank you dear.{{hugs}}

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posted December 10, 2010 03:31 PM            

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posted December 10, 2010 03:34 PM            

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Lexx I know the pain that comes with that.What doensn't break you makes you stronger

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