Here in the United States we are faced with the harsh reality of disturbing statistics that demonstrate the frequency and severity of domestic violence, particularly when as much as 50 percent of contested divorces involve allegations of domestic violence.1 Those statistics, some of which are recited below, are magnified when one realizes that these terrifying percentages are higher for the demographic most vulnerable to sexual assaultNative American women and those of other diverse minority cultures. Three women die every day at the hands of their husbands or boyfriends.2 One in every four women in the United States has experienced severe physical violence by a current or former partner.3
The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) reported last year that one in five women has been raped in her lifetime and 1.3 million women are raped every year.4 Nearly 20 percent of women in undergraduate college report experiencing completed or attempted sexual assault during college, reported OVW. This percentage is probably much higher in reality since only 2percent of college rapes are reported if the victim was inebriated during the assault.
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