Sexual Assault Awareness - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Sexual Assault Awareness Month is April
2. Sexual assault is one of the most under-reported crimes with 77% of sexual assaults left unreported to law enforcement
3. Fact: This “assumption of risk” wrongfully places the responsibility of the offender’s actions with the victim.
4. Women with a disability are at greater risk of experiencing rape than women without a disability.
5. Breathing techniques can be a helpful way to ground yourself when you have overwhelming feelings or intense anxiety.
6. #MeToo was founded by Tarana Burke in 2006 to break the silence around sexual violence and uplift black women and girls and to help survivors find a pathway to healing.
7. 80-90% of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim.
8. Fact: Victims of sexual violence exhibit a spectrum of responses to sexual assault.
9. One in two women, one in four men and one in two transgender and gender non-conforming individuals have experienced contact sexual violence in their lifetime.
10. Sexual violence can have numerous psychological, emotional, social and physical health effects on a survivor’s well-being.
11. Becoming “trauma-informed” means recognizing that people often have many different types of trauma in their lives.
12. One in four girls, one in six boys will be sexually abused before age 18.
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14. 91% of child sexual abuse survivors know their perpetrator.
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17. People who have been traumatized need support and understanding from those around them.
18. Among victims aged 18 to 29, two-thirds had a prior relationship with the offender.
19. Fact: Most sexual assaults and rapes are committed by someone the victim knows.
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23. Healthy sexuality should include consent, intimacy, equality, respect, trust and safety.
24. The lifetime cost of rape per victim is more than $120,000 (CDC 2017).
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26. When a survivor receives an empathetic response and feels believed, respected and valued they are less likely to experience depression, anxiety, PTSD
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28. Teal is the Color used to support sexual violence survivors
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30. Ensuring that the physical and emotional safety of an individual is addressed is the first important step to providing Trauma-Informed Care.
31. Fear of perpetrator, shame, social stigma, lack of resources and support are some reasons victims do not report being sexually assaulted.
32. Raising awareness is part of getting involved in the anti-sexual violence movement.
33. ACEs Adverse Childhood Experiences
34. It takes a lot of courage for survivors to disclose sexual assault.
35. Upstander - sees what happens, intervenes, interrupts or speaks up to stop the abuse.
36. Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies.
37. Sexual assault is never the victims fault
38. SA responses include: calm, hysteria, withdrawal, anger, apathy, denial, and shock.
39. Sexual violence starts early. One in 3 female rape victims experienced it for the first time between 11-17 years old and 1 in 8 reported that it occurred before age 10.
40. Fact: Rape and sexual assault are crimes of violence and control that stem from a person’s determination to exercise power over another.
41. Myth: A person who has really been sexually assaulted will be hysterical
42. Healing from sexual violence is a process and can look different for everyone.
43. One of the root causes of sexual violence is oppression. Some forms of oppression include racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, cissexism.
44. Bystander – sees or knows something is happening but does nothing to intervene.
45. Denim Day is the last Wednesday in April; wearing denim symbolizes the protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault
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47. Consent is given freely and willingly and can be withdrawn at any time.
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49. In America, a person is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds
50. People with disabilities are at least three times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the people without disabilities. (Vera Institute 2017)
51. Myth: It’s not sexual assault if it happens after drinking or taking drugs.
52. Fact: Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not an invitation for non-consensual sexual activity.
53. 2001 Was the first official year of Sexual Assault Awareness Month honoring sexual assault victims, survivors and their families.
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55. An estimated 2 in 5 (39%) female victims of rape had a disability at the time of the rape
56. We all have boundaries – the lines that define where we stop being comfortable and start feeling uneasy.
57. The first American Rape Crisis centers were formed in several states throughout the country in the early 1970’s, largely by women and consisted primarily of volunteers
58. Myth #2: If a person goes to someone’s room, house, or goes to a bar, he/she assumes the risk of sexual assault.
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60. Myth: Victims provoke sexual assaults when they dress provocatively or act in a promiscuous manner.
61. Myth: Most sexual assaults are committed by strangers. It’s not rape if the people involved knew each other.