Factors associated with being a victim of sexual violence

Sexual Violence and Victimization
Specific Offenses
Rape · Statutory Rape · Incest
Sexual Assault · Domestic violence
Sexual Abuse · Child sexual abuse
Sexual Harassment · Pimping
Attempted rape · Genital mutilation
Deviant sexual intercourse
Forms of Violence and Victimization
Types of rape · War rape · Sexual slavery
Spousal Rape · Prison rape
Date rape · Date rape drug
Human trafficking · Prostitution
Victimization of Children
Child pornography · Child trafficking
Prostitution of children
Commercial exploitation
Sociological Theories
Sociobiological theories of rape
Motivation for rape · Victim blaming
Misogyny · Misandry · Aggression
Pedophilia · Effects and aftermath
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Social and Cultural Aspects
Rape culture · History of rape
raptio · Comfort women ·
Policy
Laws about rape · Rape shield law
Laws regarding child sexual abuse
Rape crisis centre · Honour killing
Anti-rape female condom · Rape statistics
Portals: Law

One of the most common forms of sexual violence around the world is that which is perpetrated by an intimate partner, leading to the conclusion that one of the most important risk factors for people in terms of their vulnerability to sexual assault is being married or cohabiting with a partner. Other factors influencing the risk of sexual violence include:

• being a girl/woman;^[1]
• being young;
• being a sex worker;
• being poor or homeless;
• having a substance use disorder;
• Being autistic;
• having been previously raped or sexually abused;
• having multiple sex partners or engaging in risky sexual behavior;
• being incarcerated / institutionalised;
• being mentally ill or intellectually disabled;
• becoming more educated and economically empowered, at least where sexual violence perpetrated by an intimate partner is concerned;
• being part of LGBTQIA+ communities