Medium
- WCSAP Webpage
Topic
- IPSV
Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) can be defined as any unwanted sexual contact or activity by an intimate partner with the purpose of controlling an individual through fear, threats or violence. It can affect anyone from teens to elders.
Prevalence
- More than half (51.1%) of female victims of rape reported being raped by an intimate partner.1
- 1 out 10 people has been raped by an intimate partner.2
- 60% of domestically abused women have been sexually assaulted by their batterers.3
- 76% of women who were killed by an intimate partner were stalked in the twelve months preceding the crime.
Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking intersect in ways that can increase risk of serious harm and fatality for victims.