In 2022, 16 percent of women students in France reported having experienced or witnessed a sexual assault. Sexual assault is defined as any sexual or physical harm done to a victim by force, threat, violence or surprise. If there is penetration under the same conditions, the act is no longer considered sexual assault but rape.
Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022
Characteristic
I was a victim of sexual assault
I witnessed sexual assault
Don't know
I was neither victim nor I witnessed sexual assault
71% of the sample are individuals who self-identified as women
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Have you been the victim of or witnessed any sexual assault since your arrival at your establishment?"
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Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur. (April 11, 2023). Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/
Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur. "Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022." Chart. April 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/
Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur. (2023). Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/
Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur. "Share of French Students Having Been Victim or Witness of Sexual Assault 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/
Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur, Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of French students having been victim or witness of sexual assault 2022 [Graph], Observatoire étudiant des violences sexuelles et sexistes dans l'enseignement supérieur, April 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085847/french-female-students-victim-witness-sexual-assault-alcohol/
