Why do women talk about it? Reasons for disclosure of sexual victimization and associated symptomology.
At least 43% of women report experiencing some form of contact sexual violence (i.e., attempted or completed rape, forced penetration, sexual coercion, and/or unwanted sexual contact) in their lifetime, with the majority of women reporting that victimization first occurred in emerging adulthood (i.e., late teens through 20s; Arnett, 2000; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, 2015).