Socially in the USA
46.4% lesbians, 74.9% bisexual women and 43.3% heterosexual women reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes, while 40.2% gay men, 47.4% bisexual men and 20.8% heterosexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes.
Nearly one in 10 women has been raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime, including completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration or alcohol/drug-facilitated completed penetration. Approximately one in 45 men has been made to penetrate an intimate partner during his lifetime.
91% of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and 9% are male (o) y In eight out of 10 cases of rape, the victim knew the person who sexually assaulted them
(8% of rapes occur while the victim is at work.
Cost and Impact
Each rape costs approximately $151,423
Annually, rape costs the U.S. more than any other crime ($127 billion), followed by assault ($93 billion), murder ($71 billion), and drunk driving ($61 billion)
81% of women and 35% of men report significant short-term or long-term impacts such as PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Health care is 16% higher for women who were sexually abused as children
6,172 out of 203,000 women were assaulted in one year. Three percent of military women can count on being sexually assaulted every year.
The national rate is five percent. There are 157 million women in the USA. That is 7.85 MILLION women are sexually assaulted every year in the country.
The U.S. military (click here) received a record number of sexual assault reports in 2016, the Pentagon said on Monday, calling it a sign of service members' trust in the system.
Sexual assault and harassment in the U.S. military has come under scrutiny after a scandal involving some Marines sharing nude photos of women online came to light. The U.S. military has opened an inquiry and senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill have denounced the violations.
Service members reported 6,172 cases of sexual assault in 2016 compared to 6,082 last year, an annual military report showed. This was a sharp jump from 2012 when 3,604 cases were reported.
Total numbers: (click here) -- About 203,000 in 2011, or 14.5% of the active-duty force of nearly 1.4 million.
74,000 in the Army
53,000 in the Navy
62,000 in the Air Force
14,000 in the Marine Corps.
The vast majority of the Coast Guard (click here) is comprised of men, both on the officer and enlisted sides of the house. We’re looking at a force that is only about 10-15% female. The Academy has mostly male cadets, as women make up about 35-40% of the corps....Less than 10% of Coast Guard pilots are female...
Economic inequality in the USA for women
Equality in pay has improved in the US (click here) since 1979 when women earned about 62 percent as much as men. In 2010, American women on average earned 81 percent of what their male counterparts earned (BLS 2010; DOL 2011).
Women’s participation in the U.S. labor force climbed during the 1970s and 1980s, reaching 60 percent in 2000. However, in 2010 this figure has declined to 46.7 percent and is not expected to increase by 2018 (DOL 2011).
The Great Recession of 2007-2010 affected men and women differently. Men lost more jobs than women in the recession but also experienced a steadier recovery. One in five women are working part time because they cannot find full time work while at the start of the recession less than one in ten women were doing so. Despite these developments, the overall unemployment rate for women is lower than men’s and they are also less likely to be among the long-term unemployed.
Women are 50 percent more likely to work in the public sector. Women surpass men on education attainment among those employed aged 25 and over: 37.1 percent of women hold at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 34.9 percent for men (DOL 2011).
Women are 51 percent of the USA population, (click here) yet their place in government is far below that reality. There has yet to be a woman elected to the Presidency and until that occurs women will continue to be second class citizenns in the USA..
Statewide the percentages are not much better.US has sunk from 52nd in the world (click here) for women’s representation to 104th today, according to data compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In the past year alone, the US has dropped nine places — from 95th to 104th — among more than 190 countries.
Happiness is a fairly good indicator of personal equally in marriage and family. Thirty-three percent of American women are reported to be happy. That was a poll conducted by "Harris" in 2016.
