Acquaintance rape is a sexual assault crime committed by someone who knows the victim. As a sexual assault crime, acquaintance rape includes forced, manipulated or coerced sexual contact. If someone has forced you to have sex, that is rape - even if you know the attacker. This applies to men as well as women.

• A woman is four times more likely to be raped by an acquaintance than a stranger.
• The rapist may be a date, neighbor, boss, co-worker, delivery person, repair worker, spouse or anyone else you know.
• It can happen any time any place.
• One in four college women were victims of rape or attempted rape while they where students. Eighty-four percent of them knew the rapist. Fifty-seven percent of the rapes happened during a date.
• Twelve percent of college men reported that they had physically restrained a woman to gain sexual advantage.
• Acquaintance rape is rarely reported to police. Less than two percent of acquaintance rape victims reported the assault; twenty-one percent of women raped by strangers reported the crime to police.

Rape is traumatic and affects the victim physically and emotionally. Every victim reacts differently to being raped.

• In cases of acquaintance rape, the victim’s trust in someone known to them has been destroyed. Likewise, trust in one’s own judgment about people is shaken.
• Many victims may try to forget about the rape.
• Some victims fear that they will not be believed if they tell someone.
• Some victims are afraid to report an assault because they were drinking or using drugs.

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