YWCA module 1-2 questions and
answers A+ graded
Who does the YWCA serve? - correct answer ✔✔women and minorities
YWCA statement of purpose - correct answer ✔✔to eliminate racism and empower women
why did the YWCA adopt April 30th as the national day to eliminate racism - correct answer
✔✔in response to the beating of Rodney Kind in 1992
sexual assault was historically used - correct answer ✔✔as a means of threatening and
intimidating African American citizens
The Memphis race riot of 1866 - correct answer ✔✔a riot broke out in Memphis where a group
of white men attacked a group of freed African Americans, killing, injuring, and raping; the five
women who were raped appeared before congress to testify in one of the first ever public
stands of black women against sexual assault in america
The Civil Rights Movement - correct answer ✔✔movement in the United States from 1960-1970
advocating for the rights of black citizens
Rape Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence Shelters were first popularly established - correct
answer ✔✔in the 60s
According to the US department of Justice, since 1993 - correct answer ✔✔rapes and sexual
assaults have dropped by 64%; rape and attempted rape by 75% and sexual assault by 35.7%
,One in five women - correct answer ✔✔will be raped at some point in their lives
One in seventy-one men - correct answer ✔✔will be raped at some point in their lives
1 in 5 women in the US - correct answer ✔✔will be sexually assaulted at some point in their
lifetime
24.8% of men in the US - correct answer ✔✔experience contact sexual violence at some point
in their life
81% of women and 43% of men in the US - correct answer ✔✔report experiencing some level
of sexual harassment in their lifetime
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men who experienced completed or attempted rape in the US - correct
answer ✔✔report that their first experience occurring between the ages of 11 and 17
between 33 of the US's major universities - correct answer ✔✔nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate
women reported experiencing sexual violence while attending school
the estimated lifetime cost of rape for a survivor is - correct answer ✔✔$122,461
51.1% of women - correct answer ✔✔report their rapist to be an intimate partner
40.8% of women - correct answer ✔✔report their rapist to be an acquaintance
Almost half of multiracial and First Nations women - correct answer ✔✔will experience sexual
violence
, 91% of rape and sexual assault victims are - correct answer ✔✔female
VSDVAA - correct answer ✔✔Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
About 22% of DV victims report - correct answer ✔✔their abuser using a weapon against them
SARP - correct answer ✔✔Sexual Assault Response Program
SARP services - correct answer ✔✔1. 24 hour hotline = staff and volunteers man a hotline that
provides crisis intervention
2. volunteer training = 32 hours of training for staff and volunteers to provide crisis intervention,
ER accompaniment, and assistance for survivors in regaining power
3. companion = services provided to clients in the ER
4. educational programs = staff provides education for community groups, allied professionals,
and the general public on all forms of domestic and sexual violence
5. coordinated community response teams = separate task forces
SARP service areas - correct answer ✔✔1. amherst
2. appomattox
3. bedford
4. campbell
5. Lynchburg
Stage one of the domestic violence movement - correct answer ✔✔women breaking silence in
the early 1970s
1. the term "domestic violence" was established
2. consciousness rising at a group
answers A+ graded
Who does the YWCA serve? - correct answer ✔✔women and minorities
YWCA statement of purpose - correct answer ✔✔to eliminate racism and empower women
why did the YWCA adopt April 30th as the national day to eliminate racism - correct answer
✔✔in response to the beating of Rodney Kind in 1992
sexual assault was historically used - correct answer ✔✔as a means of threatening and
intimidating African American citizens
The Memphis race riot of 1866 - correct answer ✔✔a riot broke out in Memphis where a group
of white men attacked a group of freed African Americans, killing, injuring, and raping; the five
women who were raped appeared before congress to testify in one of the first ever public
stands of black women against sexual assault in america
The Civil Rights Movement - correct answer ✔✔movement in the United States from 1960-1970
advocating for the rights of black citizens
Rape Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence Shelters were first popularly established - correct
answer ✔✔in the 60s
According to the US department of Justice, since 1993 - correct answer ✔✔rapes and sexual
assaults have dropped by 64%; rape and attempted rape by 75% and sexual assault by 35.7%
,One in five women - correct answer ✔✔will be raped at some point in their lives
One in seventy-one men - correct answer ✔✔will be raped at some point in their lives
1 in 5 women in the US - correct answer ✔✔will be sexually assaulted at some point in their
lifetime
24.8% of men in the US - correct answer ✔✔experience contact sexual violence at some point
in their life
81% of women and 43% of men in the US - correct answer ✔✔report experiencing some level
of sexual harassment in their lifetime
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men who experienced completed or attempted rape in the US - correct
answer ✔✔report that their first experience occurring between the ages of 11 and 17
between 33 of the US's major universities - correct answer ✔✔nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate
women reported experiencing sexual violence while attending school
the estimated lifetime cost of rape for a survivor is - correct answer ✔✔$122,461
51.1% of women - correct answer ✔✔report their rapist to be an intimate partner
40.8% of women - correct answer ✔✔report their rapist to be an acquaintance
Almost half of multiracial and First Nations women - correct answer ✔✔will experience sexual
violence
, 91% of rape and sexual assault victims are - correct answer ✔✔female
VSDVAA - correct answer ✔✔Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
About 22% of DV victims report - correct answer ✔✔their abuser using a weapon against them
SARP - correct answer ✔✔Sexual Assault Response Program
SARP services - correct answer ✔✔1. 24 hour hotline = staff and volunteers man a hotline that
provides crisis intervention
2. volunteer training = 32 hours of training for staff and volunteers to provide crisis intervention,
ER accompaniment, and assistance for survivors in regaining power
3. companion = services provided to clients in the ER
4. educational programs = staff provides education for community groups, allied professionals,
and the general public on all forms of domestic and sexual violence
5. coordinated community response teams = separate task forces
SARP service areas - correct answer ✔✔1. amherst
2. appomattox
3. bedford
4. campbell
5. Lynchburg
Stage one of the domestic violence movement - correct answer ✔✔women breaking silence in
the early 1970s
1. the term "domestic violence" was established
2. consciousness rising at a group
