By Humber region ‘common’ for violence against women as 1 in 50 have never faced abuse
After a shocking study, it is revealed around 1 in 50 women across the Humber have never faced violence and abuse, according to data obtained in the latest study.
Humberside Police launched the VictimFocus Study, which found between 83 and 91 percent of violence and coercion against women and girls went unreported.
VictimFocus Director Dr. Jessica Taylor said the study showed violence against women and girls was ‘commonplace’ and questions were raised over assumptions that perpetrators were mostly partners or ex-partners.
PCC Jonathan Evison said Humberside Police still had much more to do to tackle violence and abuse, though a fundamental shift was needed to rid the force of misogyny across society. VictimFocus surveyed 1,627 women and girls across the Humber, with 37 percent from North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, and another 37 percent from Hull.
The 25 percent that remains were those from the East Riding of Yorkshire, that is, being slapped, punched, hit, pushed or shoved, and kicked, being the three most common forms of violence women faced before turning 18.
Almost half, 48 percent, were kissed without consent, with 36 percent raped by being manipulated into penetrative sex they did not consent to before turning 18. Of adult women, 46 percent were kissed without consent while almost half, 48 percent, were raped by being manipulated.
Two-thirds of women surveyed reported being coerced by men who insulted them, put them down, and made them feel bad before turning 18, as were 70 percent of adult women. Almost half were told what to wear before reaching adulthood, with half told how to dress after their 18th birthday.
Around a third of women received threats to kill or harm them before reaching adulthood. More than one in five reported being strangled or choked, thrown across a room or downstairs, bitten, spat at, or had threats to harm someone they love.
Of adult women, more than half reported being slapped, punched, or hit, and being pushed or shoved. Almost half, 47 percent, said items were thrown at them and 39 percent had threats to kill or harm them made.
Almost three-quarters of women, 71 percent, were verbally or physically sexually harassed before turning 18, with 74 percent touched inappropriately, before turning 18. The equivalent figures for adult women were 72 percent and 75 percent respectively.
More than two-fifths were accused of both being mentally ill when someone abused them and of cheating or having a jealous partner. Of adult women, 60 percent were accused of being mentally ill with 57 percent accused of cheating or having a jealous partner.
A quarter of women were stopped from seeing their friends, told where to go, had their social media checked, or was told their abuser would kill themselves if they did not do what they were told. The figure for adult women was one in three.
