This paper describes clinical, forensic and social aspects of gender violence and suggests epidemiologic model of sexual violence as a form of gender violence. In authors' opinion, gender violence results from a number of factors, such as biological (chromosomal and genetic abnormalities), somatic (chronic poisoning, chronic diseases, traumas), anthropogenic (state of the environment, gas contamination, noise, water pollution, radiation), personal (mental diseases, alcoholism, drug addiction), social (low socio-economic status, unemployment, repeated commission of offence), and public (violence as a form of resolving conflicts, discrimination against women) ones.