RAPE MYTH:
Myth: Rapists are non-white. Rapists are lower class. Rapists are “Criminal types”.
Fact: Rapists that fit the myth are more likely to be prosecuted but a rapist can be anyone: doctor, policeman, clergyman, social worker or corporate president.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Self Defense Tip of the Day
RAPE MYTH:
Myth: Sexual assaults are rare deviations and affect few people. After all, no one I know has been raped.
Fact: Sexual assaults are very common. Most likely, someone close to you has been profoundly affected by sexual assault. Not only are victims reluctant to discuss their assaults but many succeed in totally blocking the assault from conscious memory. However, the trauma remains and may come to the surface at another crisis or when the opportunity to discuss it with a sympathetic person arises. An estimated 155,000 women were raped each year between 1973 and 1987. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1991)
Educate yourself its 2014, every state has an annual Crime Report.
Self Defense Tip of the Day
Self Defense is not getting in a fight. It is stopping the first attack long enough to get away, nothing else. It is not learning to fight with a deranged lunatic intend to killing you. It is stopping the initial attack, and getting away
Self Defense Tip of the Day
Use the buddy system. People traveling alone are significantly more likely to be attacked. Attackers will usually wait to get a victim alone before striking. Don’t give him or her a chance- use the buddy system and stay safe.
Self Defense Tip of the Day
RAPE MYTH:
Myth: Rape only happens to young attractive women.
Fact: Rape can and does strike anyone at anytime. Age, social class, ethnic group and has no bearing on the person a rapist chooses to attack. Research data clearly proves that a way a woman dresses and / or acts does not influence the rapists choice of victims. His decision to rape is based on how easily he perceives his target can be intimidated. Rapists are looking for available and vulnerable targets.
Self Defense Tip of the Day
RAPE MYTH:
Myth: Women incite men to rape.
Fact: Research has found that the vast majority of rapes are planned. Rape is the responsibility of the rapist alone. Women, children and men of every age, physical type and demeanor are raped. Opportunity is the most important factor determining when a given rapist will rape.
Self Defense Tip of the Day
Know yourself, how do you react in a crisis situation? Do you scream, cry, freeze? How would you defend yourself?
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