• Somewhere in America a woman is battered every 15 seconds
• There are at least 4 million reported incidents of domestic violence against women every year
• Medical expenses from domestic violence total at least $3 to $5 billion annually
• Approximately 28% of victims of sexual violence are raped by their husbands or boyfriends
• Two new studies of adolescent girls have found that 1 in 4 has been sexually or physically abused or forced by a date to have sex against her will
• 18% of girls in grades 5 through 12 report some form of physical or sexual abuse, more than half of which was perpetrated by a family member
• Domestic violence occurs in approximately 25-33% of same-sex relationships
• Boys who witness their fathers' violence are 10 times more likely to engage in spouse abuse in adulthood than boys from non-violent homes