one in three
1 in 3
Look around you, how many women are in your life? How many women do you work with? How many women are in your family? How many women are your friends? How many women are in your church?
33% of them have been raped or sexually assaulted by men.
Ask a colleague, a family member, a friend if she, too, has a story. You’ll be disturbed by how many women you know can say,
“Me, too.”
Most often it’s men we trust. Our friends. Our family members. Colleagues. Trusted authorities.
Now look around, how many men are in your circle? How many men are in your family? How many men do you work with? How many men are in your church? How many men are you friends with?
Stop to think about this for a second - we’ve been trained to describe sexual assault and rape as “violence against women.”
“She was raped.”
“She was assaulted.”
What about the m a n who raped, the m a n who assaulted?
Knowing that 33% of the women around you have been raped or sexually assaulted, how many men around you are rapists or sexual predators?
How many men?
I told you these crimes are typically committed by men that we trust. Friends, family members, colleagues, authorities.
I imagine you wishfully thought,
“Well, none,”
in response to the question of how many men in your circle are rapists or sexual predators.
That’s demonstrably, statistically f a l s e.
It’s the men we both know and trust.
“Well, it’s not all men,”
you may contend. This is a fine thought, a fine argument.
But if one in three of all women are assaulted or raped by men, there are
t o o
d a m n
m a n y
men who rape and assault.
