And almost all – 99.7% of the 22,419 women asked – had been repeatedly subjected to them. Devastating numbers said they had experienced physical and sexual violence as children or teens. This is something women and girls are being subjected to in lots of different forms. People can go ‘Oh, that did happen to me once, or twice’.”The survey found while under 18, 82% were sexually harassed, 80% sexually touched, 30% forced into sex under the age of 13, and a third forced or coerced into penetrative sex. 88% said as adults they had been sexually harassed and 87% sexually touched without consent.

Source: Daily Mirror April 29, 2021 19:09 UTC