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All this talk on stalking I decided to get some info
Since I keep hearing how all models will be stalked if info was give in out. I decided to get some numbers on this .It seems they have a better chance of being stalked by a coworker or the guy next door, then some affiliate or guy buying content.
A little over 1 million women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States.
1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.
77% of female and 64% of male victims know their stalker.
87% of stalkers are men.
59% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by an intimate partner.
81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner. 31% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner. Intimate partners that stalk are four times more likely than intimate partners in the general population to physically assault their victims and six times more likely to sexually assault their victims.
73% of intimate partner stalkers verbally threaten the victims with physical violence, and almost 46% of victims experienced one or more violent incidents by the stalker.
The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.
If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration increases to 2.2 years.
61% of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33% sent or left unwanted letters or items; 29% vandalized property; and 9% killed or threatened to kill a family pet.
28% of female victims and 10% of male victims obtained a protective order. 69% of female victims and 81% of male victims had the protection order violated.
56% of women stalked took some type of self-protective measure; 11% included extreme measures such as relocating.
26% of stalking victims lost time from work as a result of their victimization, and 7% never returned to work.
30% of female victims and 20% of male victims sought psychological counseling.
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