...or what I was up to recently. And I really struggled to find a title for that one and slightly failed.

The original posts can be seen here and here. This post is a summary of the most interesting data points:

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The Start Strong evaluation is one of the few studies looking in-depth at dating violence behaviors and risk factors among 7th-grade students. [...] Half of students strongly agreed that it was okay for a girl to hit her boyfriend under certain circumstances, such as a boy who makes his girlfriend jealous on purpose. 7% of students strongly agreed that it was okay for a boy to hit his girlfriend under certain circumstances, such as a girl who makes her boyfriend jealous on purpose.

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - 2007 - Page 47 Table 11

Percentage of high school students who experienced dating violence and who were ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse
Male 11% raped 4.5%
Female 8.8% raped 11.3%

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature - Charol Shakeshaft - 2004

Table 8. Sex of Offenders
AAUW and Shakeshaft secondary analysis (2003) / Male: 57.2% Female: 42.8%
Cameron et al. (1985) / Male: 57% Female: 43%

Table 11. Targets by Sex
AAUW and Shakeshaft secondary analysis (2003) / Male: 44% Female: 56%
Cameron et al. (1985) / Male: 43% Female: 57%

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Hostile Hallways: Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School - AAUW - 2001

How Often Do You Experience Sexual Harassment?
Often, occasionally, rarely / Boys: 79% Girls: 83%

Personal Experiences of Physical Harassment
Forced to kiss someone / Boys: 7% Girls: 7%
Forced them to do something sexual other than kissing / Boys: 12% Girls: 9%

Who did you tell?
No one (Nonphysical Harassment) / Boys: 24% Girls: 17%
No one (Physical Harassment) / Boys: 27% Girls: 14%