Ukudlwengula uhlobo ngokocansi ngokuvamile okuhilela nobuhlobo bobulili noma ezinye izinhlobo sokungena ngokocansi eyenziwa ngokumelene umuntu ngaphandle ukuthi lomuntu kwemvume.Lesi senzo singenziwa ngamandla, ukuphoqelelwa, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwegunya, noma ngokumelene nomuntu ongakwazi ukunikeza imvume evumelekile, njengalowo ongazi lutho, okhubazekile, okhubazeke ngokwengqondo, noma ongaphansi kweminyaka esemthethweni yokuvuma.Igama elithi ukudlwengula kwesinye isikhathi lisetshenziswa ngokungafani negama elithi ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi.

Imephu yomhlaba ekhombisa inkomba ehlanganisiwe emayelana nokudlwengulwa kwabesifazane ngo-2018, idatha yeWomanStats Project .     Rape is not a major problem in this society

Izinga lokubika, ukushushisa kanye nokutholakala enecala lokudlwengula liyehluka phakathi kweziphathimandla. Kumazwe omhlaba, izehlakalo zokudlwengulwa ezirekhodwe ngamaphoyisa ngonyaka ka-2008 zazibalelwa kubantu abayi-100 000, zisuka ku-0,2 e- Azerbaijan zaya ku-92.9 eBotswana zaya ku-6.3 eLithuania njengomuntu ophakathi nendawo . [1] Emhlabeni jikelele, udlame lwezocansi, kubandakanya nokudlwengula, lwenziwa ikakhulukazi ngabesilisa kwabesifazane. Ukudlwengula abangabazi ngokuvamile bungavami kuka ukudlwengula abantu isisulu uyazi, futhi wesilisa-on-besilisa kanye nabesifazane-on-zesifazane ejele okudlwengula kuvamile futhi kungenzeka amafomu okungenani kubika okudlwengula. [2][3]

Ukudlwengulwa okubanzi futhi okuhlelekile (isb. Ukudlwengulwa kwempi ) nokugqilazwa ngokocansi kungenzeka ngesikhathi sezimpi zomhlaba.Le mikhuba ngamacala abhekene nobuntu kanye namacala empi.Ukudlwengulwa kuphinde kubhekwe njengengxenye yecala lokuqothulwa kohlanga lapho kwenziwa ngenhloso yokucekela phansi, lonke noma ingxenye yalo, uhlanga oluthile.

Abantu abadlwenguliwe bangahlukumezeka bese beba nengcindezi yangemva kokuhlukumezeka .Ukulimala kanzima kungaholela kanye nengozi yokukhulelwa kanye nezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi.Umuntu angabhekana nodlame noma izinsongo ezivela kumdlwenguli, kanti kwesinye isikhathi, angabhekana nomndeni nezihlobo zakhe.  

EZambia, ama-43% amantombazane nabesifazane abaphakathi kweminyaka eyi-15 nengama-49 babhekene nohlobo oluthile lodlame lwezocansi.
  1. "Rape at the National Level, number of police recorded offenses". United Nations.
  2. Human Rights Watch No Escape: Male Rape In U.S. Prisons. Part VII. Anomaly or Epidemic: The Incidence of Prisoner-on-Prisoner Rape. Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine.; estimates that 100,000–140,000 violent male-male rapes occur in U.S. prisons annually; compare with FBI statistics Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine. that estimate 90,000 violent male-female rapes occur annually.
  3. A Comparison of Sexual Coercion Experiences Reported by Men and Women in Prison. ; reports that "Greater percentages of men (70%) than women (29%) reported that their incident resulted in oral, vaginal, or anal sex. More men (54%) than women (28%) reported an incident that was classified as rape."