10 Rape Prevention Tips

[oneh2obabe]

Rape Prevention And Safety Tips Through a Rapist's Eyes.

A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:

1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.

2) The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women whose clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around specifically to cut clothing.

3) They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through their purse, or doing other activities while walking because they are off-guard and can be easily overpowered.

4) Men are most likely to attack & rape in the early morning, between 5:00 a.m. And 8:30 a.m.

5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery store parking lots. Number two: Are office parking lots/garages. Number three: Are public restrooms.

6) The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to another location where they don't have to worry about getting caught.

7) Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year sentence but rape with a weapon is 15-20 years.

8) If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn't worth it because it will be time-consuming.

9) These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands. Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you're not worth it.

10) Several defense mechanisms he taught us are: If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: 'I can't believe it is so cold out here,' 'we're in for a bad winter.' Now you've seen their face and could identify them in a lineup; you lose appeal as a target.

11) If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell STOP or STAY BACK! Most of the rapists this man talked to said they'd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

12) If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes), yell I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.

13) If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with strength but you can by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm (between the elbow and armpit) OR in the upper inner thigh VERY VERY HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands -- the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it - it hurts .

14) After the initial hit, always GO for the GROIN. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy's parts it is extremely painful. You might think that you'll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor is that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble and he's out of there.

15) When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

16) Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and If you see any odd behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts!!!

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[Donald G]

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[Donald G]

Meanwhile back on topic.

To OneH20babe ...

Can you identify where the Rapist Comments were taken from ?? Or who compiled them ??

[steven lloyd]

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[Triple 6]

Stop derailing. NOW. I will remove those of you from the thread if you cannot behave in a civilized manner. Ridiculous.

[oneh2obabe]

Sexual-assault prevention program cut rape rate nearly in half. Program teaches women to identify risks and how to respond physically and verbally.

Women at three Canadian universities who were taught tactics to prevent sexual assaults were less likely to be raped than peers who received standard brochures, say researchers who call it a short-term solution to a cultural problem.

In Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, psychologist Charlene Senn from the University of Windsor in Ontario and her team describe the effectiveness of the program in recognizing danger and resisting pressure through forceful physical and verbal resistance.

The research, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, included 451 women at the universities of Waterloo and Guelph in Ontario, and the University of Calgary, who were randomly offered the resistance training, and 442 women in the control group who received brochures like the ones commonly given out on campuses.

After one year, there were 23 completed rapes in the resistance group and 42 among those who received brochures.

"What the results show is that as few as 22 women need to receive the workshop in order for one completed rape to be averted," Senn said.

"What the program does is it help orients women to the real danger cues in situations and in men's behaviour so that they can more quickly detect risk, helps them get over the emotional obstacles to acknowledging there's danger coming from someone you know and perhaps like and then it gives them the self-defence tools they would actually use against an acquaintance."

Full article w/video
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sexual-as ... -1.3109186

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[ifwisheswerehorses]

Rape Prevention And Safety Tips Through a Rapist's Eyes.

This has been circulating for a long time now. And yes it is excellent advice but, no where does address friend/family etc rape. Now what? Do we assume that all men are potential rapists and hope for the best cause there is no advice that can protect you from the ones your supposed to trust.

[Donald G]

To Bman ...

Whether I was aware of that particluar study or not is not the issue. What I was hoping for was that the same group had studied other than adult male to adult female stranger rape contributors. You are becoming preoccupied with what I may know or not know, to the detriment of the thread.

[Gixxer]

Meanwhile back on topic.

To OneH20babe ...

Can you identify where the Rapist Comments were taken from ?? Or who compiled them ??

How ironic you would ask for a link for the information on a cut/paste post.

[Donald G]

why comment and derail the thread?

[Mr Danksworth]

"For many feminists, questioning claims of rampant sexual violence in our society amounts to misogynist “rape denial.” However, if the CDC figures are to be taken at face value, then we must also conclude that, far from being a product of patriarchal violence against women, “rape culture” is a two-way street, with plenty of female perpetrators and male victims.

How could that be? After all, very few men in the CDC study were classified as victims of rape: 1.7 percent in their lifetime, and too few for a reliable estimate in the past year. But these numbers refer only to men who have been forced into anal sex or made to perform oral sex on another male. Nearly 7 percent of men, however, reported that at some point in their lives, they were “made to penetrate” another person—usually in reference to vaginal intercourse, receiving oral sex, or performing oral sex on a woman. This was not classified as rape, but as “other sexual violence.”

And now the real surprise: when asked about experiences in the last 12 months, men reported being “made to penetrate”—either by physical force or due to intoxication—at virtually the same rates as women reported rape (both 1.1 percent in 2010, and 1.7 and 1.6 respectively in 2011).

In other words, if being made to penetrate someone was counted as rape—and why shouldn’t it be?—then the headlines could have focused on a truly sensational CDC finding: that women rape men as often as men rape women.

The CDC also reports that men account for over a third of those experiencing another form of sexual violence—“sexual coercion.” That was defined as being pressured into sexual activity by psychological means: lies or false promises, threats to end a relationship or spread negative gossip, or “making repeated requests” for sex and expressing unhappiness at being turned down."

http://time.com/3393442/cdc-rape-numbers/

So, there you have it. Women rape as much has men do, they just do it in different ways. Teach women not to rape.

[Smurf]

Teach everyone not to rape. But that still is not going to prevent rape. We can teach all we want but there will still be rape. That is why it is so important that people take any steps they can to lessen the chance, That doesn't mean you have to lock yourself up in a nunnery, oops that wouldn't work as I believe there have been rapes there. Maybe a church, nope again I believe there have been rapes and assaults linked to the church. I guess nowhere is totally safe. Carry on with life, but be aware and sensible.