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If you feel uncomfortable about something or feel that something was ‘off’ but aren’t able to put it into words and want to talk about it, you are worth that conversation no matter how big or how small you think it is. If you would like to talk to someone anonymously, Rape Crisis has a 24/7 free hotline on 0808 500 2222. You can also talk to them using their
“Sexual Assault happens when someone touches another person in a sexual manner without their consent. Or when someone makes another person take part in a sexual activity with them without that person's consent. It includes unwanted kissing and sexual touching”.
You can read more here.
The Havens (a London-based Sexual Assault Referral Centre) has a helpful picture describing what consent is below.
There were 173 rapes per day reported to the police in England and Wales in the year ending September 2022. 4 out of 5 women who have been raped do not report it to the police and the same for 3 out of 4 men who have been raped.
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THE FACTS
1 in 3
6.5 million
1 in 3
1 in 3 women experience some form of sexual gender-based violence in their lifetime
1 in 4
6.5 million
1 in 3
1 in 4 churchgoers have experienced abuse in a current relationship
6 in 7
6.5 million
6.5 million
6 in 7 rapes against women are carried out by someone they know
6.5 million
6.5 million
6.5 million
6.5 million women in England and Wales have been raped or sexually assaulted since the age of 16