I did answer you, MindiGoodly, I said that you have a point and that you should take it up with the Globe and Mail. I suggest their sentence should've read, "...the vast majority of whom are female." Using the word "female"is inclusive of the female gender at any age.

I assume you're still on this point for rhetorical reasons, because if you wanted confirmation of the facts you'd have to check a third source. But if you're wondering what my source was, it's http://www.sexassault.ca/statistics.htm