How to Get the Facts About Date Rape

Avoid becoming a victim of date rape by arming yourself with the facts.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Find out if date rape is a serious problem in your community by talking to local police and/or college or university personnel.

2. Ask about the current trend of men slipping knockout drugs in women's drinks to sedate them. Find out what women can do to protect themselves.

3. Call a rape crisis center or women's health center in your area to find out if they have any pamphlets, articles or other literature about this topic. Look in the yellow pages or call Information for the phone number.

4. Convene a group of friends to talk about this issue and express your concerns. Share information among yourselves.

5. Do a search online for date or acquaintance rape to find out what information exists on the Internet. Read as much as you can to get a better understanding of this problem.

6. Ask a local college to host a seminar for residents and invite an expert in to talk about what date rape is and to explain how women can set clear limits and take other necessary precautions.

7. Participate in a chat room that focuses on this issue.

8. Look in your local library for recent books about this topic.

9. Volunteer your time at a local rape crisis center or hotline. Learn more about the dangers and effects firsthand by working with the victims of this traumatic crime.

Tips & Warnings

• Share what you learn with other women, as well as men. Education is the first step in helping to prevent date rape.

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[Psalmist4M]

on 6/18/2008 I think everyone has an opinion but we should really consider both sides of any issue. In a situation like this, it is difficult to judge until you've been there...in that position to know. We should try to look out for ourselves but sometimes we end up in scenarios where we don't have the control we think we do until it's too late. I do agree that most times it is someone close or someone you think you can trust that betrays you. This is a tough issue!

[deannarjd]

on 1/27/2008 These types of articles really anger me because it sets the culture not only that a potential victim can (in this article: WOMEN) prevent rape, it is her RESPONSIBILITY to do so. What does this tell the victims/survivors of rape? Because it is their responsibility to prevent rape, it is their fault if they are raped. What does this tell potential rapists? That they have the right to control a person through sex at any time, and it is up to their potential victims to produce certain behaviors to stop the situation--even then, the potential rapist can still choose to ignore those behaviors. The reality is that two-thirds of rape victims know their rapist—from friends, to lovers, to spouses, to family members—all people whom they trust. At that point, most of the education about rape is inapplicable.