A new campaign designed to highlight vital changes in sexual offences legislation was launched in Edinburgh today.
With the tagline “We can stop it”, the campaign invites people, and in particular young men between 18 to 27 years old, to consider their own attitudes and behaviour and the role they can play in preventing rape.
-- from Rape Crisis Scotland
Some of the most important information the campaign provides are definitions of consent (and when consent cannot legally be assumed), and that victims can be of any gender.
For more information about the campaign, see:
We Can Stop It:
Rape Crisis Scotland:
Some facts that might (or might not) surprise you:
- Nearly one in four women worldwide may experience sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime (WHO, 2002).
- Most serious sexual assualts are carried out by a man known to the woman - 86% of victims said they knew the offender in some way (Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2010 – 2011).
- A third of teenage girls in a relationship suffer an unwanted sexual act (NSPCC survey, 2009).
- 40% of young people know girls whose boyfriends have coerced or pressurised them to have sex (EVAW, 2006).
- Conservative estimates indicate alcohol is prevalent in 34% of reported rape cases, and drugs in 12% of cases (Finch and Munroe, 2006).
- The victim is male in approximately 8% of all recorded rape cases however the actual number is thought to be higher (Stern Review, 2010).
- The UK charity Mankind estimates 3 in 20 men are victims of sexual violence (Stern Review, 2010).
The We Can Stop It website includes:
- Did You Know? -- information about rape and sexual assault
- What Is the Law? -- information about the Sexual Offences Act (Scotland) 2009, including What Is Rape?, What Is Consent?, and What Is Sexual Assault?
- What Can You Do?
- Our Stories
- News
- Contacts
It's comprehensive and well-put-together. I strongly recommend checking it out and passing it on.
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