There’s a sexual assault epidemic in our high school and college campuses. With hundreds of cases of athletes committing sexual assault, we have to ask the question: is there a question between sexual violence and sports? What exactly are the numbers and do they draw a serious correlation? Is there a toxic masculine culture within sports that drives men to objectify women? And why do so many pro athletes get away with sexual assault?
Sources:
1 in 12 men perpetrate sexual assault: https://sapac.umich.edu/article/196
Study that college athletes committed 19% of campus sexual assaults even though they were only 3% of the male population: http://www.ncava.org/statistics.html
Study that 54% of college athletes anonymously admit to sexual coercion vs. 38% for non-athletes. http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/05/30/1077801216651339.abstract
When it came to use of force during sex (like hitting, holding down, using a weapon), 10% of athletes perpetrated while only 1% of non-athletes did: http://www.medicaldaily.com/college-athletes-sexual-assault-rape-myths-388585
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