Fempired:Stalking

Stalking Resources

Nationally, 7.5 million people are stalked every year. Approximately 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men have experienced stalking at some point in their lifetime. (CDC, 2015)

Signs of Stalking

Most stalking is done by someone known to the victim, such as a current or former partner. Yet some victims are stalked by complete strangers.

Stalking can include a wide array of behaviors:

• Does someone always seem to be just around the corner when you are going to work, are out with friends, or in your neighborhood?
• Does someone keep making unwanted phone calls to your home or work?
• Do you find signs that someone has been in or near your home, your car, or your workplace when you were not there?
• Are you receiving repeated letters, gifts, cards, social media posts and/or emails even though you told the sender to stop sending them?
• Has someone tried to get information about you from a third person like a family member, friend, or co-worker?
• Is someone posting information or spreading rumors about you on the internet, in a public place, or by word of mouth?

Taken partially from this comment here https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/117etbz/comment/j9br188/, as well as our own resources:

• https://www.stalkingawareness.org/
• https://victimconnect.org/
• https://www.thehotline.org/
• https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline
• https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/safety-tips/safety-tips-stalking-victims#4
• https://techsafetyapp.org/home
• https://www.techsafety.org/resources-survivors
• https://privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/online-harassment-cyberstalking
• https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/prevent-stalking/index.html
• https://www.safehorizon.org/get-help/stalking/
• https://victimsofcrime.org/stalking-resource-center/
• https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh226/files/pubs/helpseries/HelpBrochure_Stalking.html

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