External links

Research resources on sexual assault and rape

• RAINN - The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
• Rape Crisis Information Pathfinder - Find journal articles, statistics and online resources
• AARDVARC: An Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service article database
• Sexual Violence Facts from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• The History of Rape: A Bibliography
• Male Survivor: Overcoming Sexual Victimization of Boys and Men
• MenWeb: Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Violence Research Initiative
• Dispatches from the Front Lines- current events articles

Statistics on sexual violence and reporting

• Rape and Sexual Assault Statistics from Government Sources
• US Department of Justice: Incident-Based Statistics (new, non-uniform and incomplete)
• FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (non-uniform sources and discriminates against male rape victims)
• Probability statistics compiled by NCPA from US Department of Justice statistics
• Group Says FBI Report Overlooks Prison Rape Statistics
• Child Sexual Abuse, Real and Unreal
• Issues: Statistics are not always accurate or cited properly
• Rape statistics not crystal clear

Definitions of rape and sexual assault

• Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Reference Books on Rape and Sexual Assault

Message boards for rape survivors

• A directory of message boards for rape survivors
• Pandora's Aquarium - Message board for victims of sexual assault which has a male survivor forum
• Beneath My Facade - a message board for survivors of rape.
• Support group for male survivors from Hope for Healing (a faith based group)
• Male Survivor has a support board
• Support forum for people conceived by rape

Marital/Intimate partner rape links

• Aphrodite Wounded
• About.com Marital Rape
• \"Just Keeping the Peace\" 2004 Study on Intimate Partner Rape
• National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape
• StopVAW Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Page
• Hidden Hurt

*For better or worse: the case of marital rape

Non-stereotypical sexual assault

• Our Endangered Species; A Hard Look at How We Treat Children
• Double Standard: The Bias Against Male Victims of Sexual Abuse
• The Incest Loophole
• Abuse Cases Face Double Standard
• Sexual Assault of Children by Females
• Bullying in the Family
• Articles on Sexual Abuse Steoreotypes

Female-female rape links

• Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse: A Painful Topic
• Lesbian Sexual Assault, Rape and LGBTQ Domestic Violence
• LGBTQ DV hotline is 1-617-423-7233 and the Gay & Lesbian National Hotline is 1-888-THE-GLNH
• The Survivor Project
• The Northwest Network
• Gay resources from aardvarc
• Female-Female Abuse

Male-male and female-male rape links

• Inside the Mind of a Female Sex Offender
• Take Care of Your Mother - Or Else
• Revenge: A Dish Best Served Cold
• Male Survivor - Overcoming Sexual Victimization Of Boys and Men
• Male Sexual Abuse Victims of Female Perpetrators: Society's Betrayal of Boys
• Female Sexual Offenders
• Female Sex Offenders
• Male sexual assault survivors

LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer)

• LGBTQ and lesbian sexual assault resources

Victim blame

• Victim Blame: A Bibliography
• \"The Legal Bias Against Rape Victims (The Rape of Mr. Smith)\" - excerpt from an April 1975 [American Bar Association] Journal article
• Secondary victimization
• Hate crimes against RTS disability
• False Rape Allegations by Dr. Eugene Kanin
• Findlaw article on false rape allegations

Self blame

• Self blame research

Politics of rape

• The New Mythology of Rape: Politicizing Women's Pain

Sexual assault awareness raising for victim's rights

• The Invisible Community
• Women's week activities - awareness raising
• The Vagina Monologues
• The White Ribbon Campaign
• Male Responsibility For Rape And Rape Awareness
• Reversal of Fortune: The Rape of Men By Women

Emerging and controversial research topics

• Eroticized Rage and Other Sexualized Feelings
• Women Who Rape
• Articles on Female Sexual Offenders
• Sibling Sexual Abuse: An Emerging Awareness of an Ignored Childhood Trauma
• Drink spiking - a reality or urban myth?
• Research on the link between eating disorders and sexual assault

Drugs and alcohol in rape

• NIDA InfoFacts: Rohypnol and GHB - NIDA website.
• NCJRS
• Findlaw - intoxication and the legal definition of rape.
• Beyond 'drink spiking': drug and alcohol facilitated sexual assault, November 2003, Briefing from the [Australian Institute of Family Studies]
• DEA
• Drink-spike victims had one too many Australian study finding the vast majority of "drink spike" victims were actually only heavily intoxicated or under the influence of drugs taken voluntarily (not GHB).

Miscellaneous

• Cultural Diversity
• Stop Prisoner Rape
• Police and law enforcement training manuals for sexual assault, rape and domestic violence
• College and fraternity rape
• British Sexual Offences Act 2003
• BBC - Sex trade's reliance on forced labour

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