April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Did you know nationally:

1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men report being raped during their lifetime.

Here in SC: 

45.9% of women and 17.8% of men report being victims of sexual violence or coercion other than rape.

In SC over 5,500 individuals accessed services for the 1st time at a Rape Crisis Center.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Sexual Assault is defined as, forced or coerced sexual contact without consent – the presence of a clear yes, not the absence of a no.  It can take the form of:

• Rape
• Incest
• Child sexual abuse/molestation
• Harassment
• Exposing/flashing
• Forcing a person to pose for sexual pictures
• Fondling/unwanted sexual touching above & under clothing or
• Force, which may include but not limited to:  use/display of a weapon; physical battering; or immobilization

If you or someone you know is a victim/survivor of sexual assault contact one of the agencies below to get help:

National Sexual Assault Hotline

1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

24 hours a day/7 days a week

Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands

803-771-7273

SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA)

803-256-2900