Ways you can stop rape now!
Donate your time as a volunteer to your local rape crisis organization.
Donate money to your local rape crisis organization.
Recognize that women neither ask for nor deserve to be raped ever.
Don’t blame rape survivors for the violence perpetrated against them.
Speak up when someone makes a comment that blames survivors.
Know that silence does not equal consent.
Think critically about how the media depicts sexuality.
Don’t use alcohol and/or drugs to get someone to have sex with you.
Know the definition of consent and do not have sex consent.
Men: Become an ally to the women in your life-do not participate in sexist
behavior by objectifying or stereotyping women.
Women: Take a women’s self-defense class.
Teach your children, friends, parents and peers about the myths and realities of
sexual assault.
Find out what your local K-12 school board’s policy is on anti-rape and violence
prevention education and get involved. If it is not proactive, change it!
Lobby your local, state and federal legislators for funding for anti-sexual assault
programs.
Let teachers know you want to have rape prevention programs in your classes.
If you have been a victim of sexual assault either by a stranger, acquaintance or
an intimate, know there is help out there. Seek it.
Donate your time as a volunteer to your local rape crisis organization.
Donate money to your local rape crisis organization.
Recognize that women neither ask for nor deserve to be raped ever.
Don’t blame rape survivors for the violence perpetrated against them.
Speak up when someone makes a comment that blames survivors.
Know that silence does not equal consent.
Think critically [...]
