Talk:Factors associated with being a victim of sexual violence

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Zimbabwe[edit]

In Zimbabwe, women who were working were much more likely to report forced sex by a spouse than those who were not. - Isn't that because it's hard to fill in a police form if you're illiterate? I find it disputable to conclude it's more like to be raped with a higher education level. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.255.34.250 (talk) 20:51, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a citation to support this information? The key word in this statement is report. The elephant in the room is that most sexual violence is not reported to Police. It could just be that Zimbabwean women with a higher education level are more likely to report because they have more opportunities or can be economically independent while those with a lesser education level are more economically dependent on the perpetrator, have less reporting opportunities, are ashamed to make a report because of social or cultural pressure or accept the situation because they do not even recognize they have been sexually assaulted. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 11:43, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missed a couple of obvious ones[edit]

I guess I shouldn't add these without sources, but: what about being female? As far as I'm aware, in all countries, women are more likely to be victims of sexual violence than men.

A related factor is being transgendered or transsexual: such people are also particularly likely to be victims of sexual violence. Robofish (talk) 16:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I came to this article in a chain of links leading from SlutWalk. Have any credible studies been done to determine if there has in fact been any correlation between how (i.e., "provocatively") a sexual assault victim was dressed at the time they were attacked?

I would surmise that even women who were, in their own estimation, "dressing down" (e.g., in joggy bottoms and hoody top, etc.), have been victims of sexual attack. Offenders undergoing psychological treatment in prison (I can't cite the source, unfortunately) admit their attacks were essentially opportunistic and not consciously motivated by any aspect of how an individual might have been dressed. Nuttyskin (talk) 02:34, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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