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The Sources for
these facts and
quotes can be
found at:
www.mncasa.org/mnsummit.html
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is prevention.
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When a public health
problem is a social
issue, it becomes
imperative that social
leaders and public
health advocates
become involved to
help create a
protective
environment.
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is prevention.
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"Prostitution is not
the world’s oldest
profession; it is the
world’s oldest
oppression." Vednita Carter, Breaking
Free, St. Paul, MN
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Consistent exposure
to pornography can
lead to addiction to
pornography.
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is prevention.
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"I got a snow bunny
and a black girl too.
You pay the right
price and they’ll both
do you."
It’s Hard Out Here
for a Pimp, 2005
Academy Award
Winning Song
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is prevention.
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The production and
distribution of sexual
abuse images of
children is a
multi-billion dollar
industry.
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is prevention.
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We need to approach
rape prevention
comprehensively. In
addition to
monitoring where
sex offenders live,
we need to support
large-scale primary
prevention efforts that
can shift male culture
and social norms away
from perpetration.
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is prevention.
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$90.5 million was
spent on medical
treatment and
assistance for victims
in 2006.
Of that, just $3.3
million supported
statewide advocacy
services.
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is prevention.
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Media
hyper-sexualization
leads to negative
physical and mental
health outcomes
for girls.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Homeless LGBTQ
individuals experience
7.4 more acts of
sexual violence
than their
heterosexual peers.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Children's exposure to
violent pornography
correlates with future
sexual aggression.
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is prevention.
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Men’s acts of sexual
violence resulted
in an estimated
1,500 pregnancies in
one year alone
in MN.
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is prevention.
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Sexual, physical and
psychological violence
cause as much
illness and death
among women ages
15-44 as cancer.
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is prevention.
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The age of sexual
violence patients
seeking care at MN
hospitals between
2002 and 2006
ranged from less
than age 1 to
more than 100.
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is prevention.
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"Do we want to only
help people beat the
odds or do we want to
change the odds?"
- Larry Wallack PhD,
Workshop, Portland, OR,
2009
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Sexual violence cost
MN at least $8 billion
in one year. No state
dollars are committed
to the primary
prevention
of sexual violence.
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is prevention.
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It is unreasonable to
expect that people
will change their
behavior easily
when so many forces
in the social, cultural,
and physical
environment conspire
against such change.
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is prevention.
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Top selling
Halloween costumes
include pimps
for males and dogs,
and prostituted looks
for females.
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is prevention.
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The FBI identified
Minneapolis as one of
13 cities with a high
concentration
of criminal
enterprises promoting
juvenile commercial
sexual exploitation.
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is prevention.
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In 2005 alone,
more than 61,000
Minnesota residents
were sexually
assaulted.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Prime-time television
disproportionately
sexually objectifies
women.
“Sexual object” means
made into a thing for
others' sexual use.
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is prevention.
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"The young brain
is under construction
from before birth
all the way
into the
early twenties."
- David Walsh PhD
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Girls regularly
exposed to
sexualized and
objectifying media are
more likely to develop
body image
dissatisfaction, eating
disorders, depression
and low self-esteem.
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is prevention.
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The average estimated
cost per sexual
assault in MN is
$184,000 for children
and $139,000
for adults.
The average annual
employment
income in
MN is $41,105.
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is prevention.
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Girls regularly
exposed to sexualized
and objectifying
media are more
likely to have
lower academic
functioning.
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is prevention.
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Healthcare costs
are 16% higher
for women who
were victims of
child sexual abuse
and 36% higher
if they were also
physically abused.
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is prevention.
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In 2005,
four of every
five people
sexually assaulted
were female.
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is prevention.
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“Prevention efforts
need to move beyond
brochures, health
fairs and education to
focus comprehensively
across the spectrum,
emphasizing policies
and organizational
practices.”
- Larry Cohen,
Prevention Institute
the bottom line
is prevention.
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"According to
epidemiologists, the
stable and high rate of
sexual violence is
endemic, or the
norm—not an
epidemic. We don't
accept this as the way
it must be."
- Donna Dunn,
MNCASA
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is prevention.
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Sexual violence is
not inevitable;
it is preventable.
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is prevention.
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"It is not children who
develop, produce and
market the violent
and hyper-sexualized
video games, clothing,
toys—it's adults."
- Cordelia Anderson
the bottom line
is prevention.
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The average age
girls first
become victims
of prostitution
is 14.
the bottom line
is prevention.
did you know...
Three aspects of
technology that
are factors in its
problematic use
are access,
anonymity and
affordability.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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A disproportionate
number of
Native American
women are
sexually victimized.
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is prevention.
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Annual costs from
sexual assaults
in MN
were at
least $8 billion
in 2005 –
almost $1,540
per resident.
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is prevention.
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In 2006, MN spent
over $42.8 million
to confine those
convicted of
sex offenses.
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is prevention.
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In 2006, the program
costs for offenders
who have been
civilly committed
in MN was
$51 million.
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is prevention.
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The out-of-pocket
costs to victims
of sexual violence
in MN in 2005,
excluding intangibles
and lost work,
exceeded $457 million.
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is prevention.
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Sexual violence
costs 3.3 times
as much as
alcohol-impaired
driving in MN.
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is prevention.
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Since 2002
the rate of hospital
care due to
sexual violence in MN
has climbed
6% every year.
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is prevention.
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“We give inordinate
attention to the question
. . . who are the most
dangerous and how can
we protect ourselves
from them –
and give less to the
questions . . . what are
the patterns of sexual
violence, and how do
our social structures
allow them to flourish?”
- Eric Janus
the bottom line
is prevention.
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As many as 90% of
prostituted youth have
been sexually or
physically abused and
many have run away
from home to escape
such abuse only to
encounter far worse
on the streets.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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1 in 3 teens on
the street are lured
into prostitution
within
48 hours of
leaving home.
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is prevention.
did you know...
Young people
spend an average
of 6.5 hours
a day
screen time.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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"If sexual and domestic
violence is going
to stop,
men are going to have
to stop it."
- Chuck Derry,
Gender Violence Institute
the bottom line
is prevention.
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12% of youth
in MN's juvenile
correctional facilities
have been forced
to do something
sexual by
someone they
were going out with.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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"We need to do
everything we can
to help children learn
to not sexually harm
others."
- Patty Wetterling
the bottom line
is prevention.
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The EEOC indicates
that $48.8 million in
monetary benefits were
provided to
filers of sexual
harassment claims in
2006; this amount
does not include
monetary benefits
obtained through
litigation.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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90% of Fortune 500
companies surveyed
received complaints
of sexual harassment.
More than 1/3
experienced lawsuits;
more than 1/4
had repeated lawsuits.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Over a two-year
period, the U.S.
government lost more
than $267 million in
diminished
productivity
and turnover due
to sexual harassment.
the bottom line
is prevention.
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Women with
developmental
disabilities are four
to ten times more
likely to be sexually
assaulted than
women without
a developmental
disability.
the bottom line
is prevention.
did you know...
Sexual assaults
in MN resulted
in work loss per
victimization of
$3,300 or a total
of $162,795,000
in one year.
the bottom line
is prevention.
did you know...
"Growing old is never
a barrier to sexual
abuse. Indeed,
a perpetrator
often seizes the
advantage of the
vulnerabilities of
aging to abuse."
- Char Thompson,
Minnesota Network
on Abuse in Later Life
the bottom line
is prevention.
did you know...
The Sources for
these facts and
quotes can be
found at:
www.mncasa.org/mnsummit.html
the bottom line
is prevention.