Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

Whether or not it is appropriate for me or anyone else to write a review of this 4 decades-​old offshoot of the National Organization of Women’s Pittsburgh chapter is something I’ll let the local Unilocal community decide. In the meantime I’ll leave you with some statistics that will not surprise you and some that might.
25% of women and over 16% of men have been sexually assaulted at least once.
Around 80% of boys and girls alike have been sexually harassed during their school years.
66% of disabled women have been raped.
Only a little over a third of rapes are reported to authorities.
67% of reported sexual assaults victims are under 18.
A third of rape victims are left with suicidal thoughts.
Over ¾ of victims knew the perpetrator.
On average in Pennsylvania, 9 rapes are reported daily.
In this age of «he said, she said» controversies and instances where people lacking in character lied about being sexually attacked in sensationalized scandals, the sheer numbers and facts need to surface in order to remind the public that rape is a very real pandemic.
Sexual abuse survivors are your friends, neighbors, relatives and are aged as well as young. Sexual abuse creates fear, distrust, and resentment between the genders and at times within genders. The consequences are both physical and mental. It is a crime borne not of lust but of humilation and dominance. It poisons the gift of consensual, sexual love.
PAAR has a hotline that is never closed for weekends or holidays, operates continuously at all hours, and covers all of Allegheny County. They train, they educate, they advocate, they counsel, they heal. Keep them strong. Donate.
I really don’t know what else needs to be said.