How to Prevent Date Rape
Here are some date rape statistics that you might find informative. Date rape is a simplistic term that can also be under the category of domestic violence. The sexual assault doesn't have to involve going out on a date. Rape is rape. The following date rape statistics come from The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress: College Campus Statistics One in four women surveyed was a victim of rape or attempted rape. An additional one in four women surveyed was touched sexually against her will or was a victim of sexual coercion. 84 percent of those raped knew their attacker. 57 percent of those raped happened while on dates. One in twelve male students surveyed had committed acts that met the legal definitions of rape or attempted rape. 84 percent of those men who committed rape said that what they did was definitely not rape. Sixteen percent of the male students who committed rape and ten percent of those who attempted a rape took part in episodes involvi...
