{"id":6637,"date":"2024-10-30T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/faits-saillants-sur-la-violence-sexuelle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:08:49","slug":"key-facts-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marie-vincent.org\/en\/understand\/key-facts-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Key Facts<\/span> About Sexual Violence\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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What is Sexual Violence?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Sexual violence is a broad term that encompasses all forms of physical or psychological violence of a sexual nature, including sexual assault, sexual exploitation, online sexual violence, child luring, juvenile prostitution, pimping and female genital mutilation. Regardless of the form it takes, sexual violence has serious consequences for victims, their loved ones, and society as a whole. It can happen to children and teenagers from all social backgrounds and cultures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t

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50 %<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof sexual assault victims are under the age of 18. Of these, 13% are under 5 years old.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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1 in 5 girls<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treport having been victims of sexual violence.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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1 in 10 boys<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treport having been victims of sexual violence.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t
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Statistics on Sexual Violence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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  • More than 25% of teenagers report having taken a nude or sexually suggestive photo of themselves.<\/li>\n
  • Nearly 40% of child victims of sexual assault supported by Marie-Vincent report experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress.<\/li>\n
  • Despite their young age, 65% of children seen at Marie-Vincent are victims of severe sexual assault.<\/li>\n
  • 99% of sexual assaults experienced by children at Marie-Vincent were committed by someone they knew. In nearly 75% of cases, the perpetrator was a member of their immediate or extended family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Sources: Cyr, M. (2014). Les facteurs influen\u00e7ant la r\u00e9v\u00e9lation. In M. Cyr, Recueillir la parole de l’enfant t\u00e9moin ou victime. De la th\u00e9orie \u00e0 la pratique, p. 7-27, DUNOD, Paris. \/ Tourigny, M., & Baril, K. (2011). Les agressions sexuelles durant l’enfance. Ampleur et facteurs de risque. In M. H\u00e9bert, M. Cyr and M. Tourigny (eds.), Les agressions sexuelles envers les enfants, Volume 1 (p. 7-50). Ste-Foy: Presses de l’Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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    What is Sexual Assault?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Sexual assault includes:<\/p>\n

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    • Any act of a sexual nature, with or without physical contact.<\/li>\n
    • An act committed without the victim’s consent or through emotional manipulation or coercion.<\/li>\n
    • An act that subjects a person to another’s desires through an abuse of power, the use of force, coercion, or explicit or implicit threats.<\/li>\n
    • A violation of fundamental rights, including physical or psychological integrity and personal safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Sexual assault can involve one or multiple sexual acts, such as:<\/p>\n