Kristen Hosts Sexual Assault Education Videos
Mar 19th, 2009 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
Kristen Stewart took part in helping to create a sexual assault education public service announcement. According to Lion & Lamb LJ, the videos are supposed to be distributed during Sexual Assault Awareness Month April and National Campus Safety Awareness Month in September. The PSA contains valuable information for everyone, and while some sexual situations are discussed, there is no nudity or sexual displays. To read the article that goes along with the videos, click here.
Here are some statistics from the article:
* 38% of women who have been raped were 14-17 years old at the time of the attack
* Nearly all female teenage victims know their attacker
* 56% of teenage girls who are raped are raped by a date
* 30% of teenage girls who are raped are raped by a friend
* 11% of teenage girls who are raped are raped by a boyfriend
* 78% of teenage victims do not tell their parents about the incident
* 71% of teenage victims tell a friend that they were raped
* 6% of teenage rape victims report the assault to the police
* 75% of acquaintance rapes involve alcohol
* 3.3 million Americans aged 14-17 are considered problem drinkers
* The risk of rape is four times higher for women aged 16-24 than for any other age group
Alcohol facts:
* 90% of acquaintance rapes involve alcohol
* Alcohol is a factor in 100% of gang rapes Diseases, pregnancy, etc.:
* Three in 1000 college students are HIV-positive
* Every year, one million teenage girls get pregnant
NICE KRISTEN….THANKS FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT AND ABOUT TO THE GIRLS!….RAPE IS RAPE NO MATTER WHO DOES IT!…CONTINUING TO EDUCATE WOMEN IS A GOOD THING.
very well done.
Nicely done!!
thanks, I’mNotObsessed and TST.
my best friend Haley was raped last year by her drunk boyfriend. even hearing Haley’s memories was excruciating, and i can only imagine the pain she went through. it’s been a year, but i know that it still really affects Haley and she has trust issues. Kristen and the whole team did a wonderful job making this. now everyone’s hearts can reach out to Haley, and these girls on the video, and all the thousands of rape victims in the world. this is for you, Haley.
cArLy***
It makes me happy knowing that Kristen is part of a good cause.
Jazz (Team Cullen!)
This is cool I’m actually learning about this stuff in my health class
Wow. This is great. I am really proud of Kristin for supporting this.
Thank you SO much for posting this. It was really great that Kristen did this. Speak is one of my favortie movies ever, and every time I watch it I cry.
It was really nice to watch this, so that I can and other girls can be informed.
This is why I like KStew 😉 🙂
She was PHENOMONAL in Speak. And she was only 13 yrs old! Kudos to Kristen!
I really wanna see speak. I thought Kristen was good in this
this is great..
and yeah speak was awesome we watched it in school, i had an awesome teacher
It breaks my heart to hear these stories. I’m glad Kristen hosted the video. Speak was an amazing film and i suggest all that haven’t watched it should. I commend Kristen on hosting this video, she’s incredible 🙂