Date Rape

• 4 in 5 women who are victims of sexual assault know their attackers.
• 42% of women in one study said they had been victims of sexual coercion while dating in college.
• Women are more likely to report sexual assault if their assailant is a stranger rather than an acquaintance, and they are more likely to report completely rape than attempted rape.
• Over 2/3 of men involved in sexual assault at one university had been drinking at the time of the incident, as well as half of the female victims. The majority of victims are between 15 and 25 years of age.
• Only about 5% of rape incidences are actually reported.
• Nearly 1 in 4 females are a part of sexual violence.

• Let the person express her or his feelings. Focus on listening instead of offering advice or asking questions.
• Encourage that she or he get medical attention. If rape just occurred, encourage her or him to go to the hospital or to see a doctor right away before changing clothes or showering.
• Encourage her or him to report the attack. Call your campus officials or school safety officer. A rape crisis counselor can help her or him sort through certain issues.
• Let the person make her or his own choices. You might present different options but she or he should decide what to do.
• Let the person know how much support you can give. Tell the person your limits about how much time and energy you can give rather than making unrealistic commitments.
• Offer to stay with her or him. She or he may not want to be alone. Ask if she or he would like you to stay with her or him. Assure her or him that the rape was not her or his fault.

Rohypnol (Roofies, Rope, Ruffies, R2, Ruffles, Roche, Forget-Pill): colorless, odorless, and tasteless and dissolves without any traces. Takes effect approximately 10-20 minutes after ingestion.

This drug is shipped in bubble packaging or blister packs that appear very similar to aspirin. They are typically white in color, although counterfeit products have appeared in brownish-pink tint. Rohypnol tablets are single or cross-scored on one side with "ROCHE" and "1" or "2" encircled on the other. When dissolved in alcohol, soft drinks, water or any other liquid the drug is colorless, odorless and tasteless (although some report that it has a slightly bitter taste when mixed with alcohol).

YES. A urine test can detect the presence of Rohypnol up to 60 hours after ingestion. Rohypnol can be more difficult to detect than similar drugs because it is in low concentrations and is cleared quickly by the body.
A drug specific test can be performed by a hospital lab to see if traces can be found. The big disadvantage here besides the cost, is it must be done within 2 and a half days of the event happening. It's not a drug all hospitals screen for. If you go to a hospital you will have to request that this test be done.

Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB, Liquid Extacy, Liquid X, Scoop, Easy Lay): colorless, odorless, liquid depressant with anesthetic qualities. Usually distributed as a sodium salt in powder or tablet form commonly dissolved in water. Takes effect approximately 10-15 minutes after ingestion.

Ketamine Hydrochloride (‘K’, Special K, Vitamin K, Ket): a powerful anesthetic use as an animal tranquilizer. It is available in liquid, powder or pill form. Ketamine causes hallucinations, amnesia, and dissociation.

1. You are safe at work.
   Fact: Over 13,000women are raped on the job each year in the United States
   (Taken from N.I.O.S.H. Nonfatal Assaults in the Workplace, Table 13 which states that 13,068 women are raped on the job annually. 1994)
2. Rape doesn't happen very often.
   Fact: Every 6 minutes another person is raped in the United States.
   (The Police Notebook by the University of Oklahoma, Trust Your Instincts Booklet.)
3. Rape is just "no big deal".
   Fact: Rape has a devastating effect on it's victims. Nearly one-third of all rape victims will have rape-related PTSD.
   (National Victims' Center -Now called National Center for Victims of Crime - Infolink 35).
4. Real rapes are only committed by strangers.
   Fact: As many as 4/5 of the victims will know their attacker.
   (National Victims' Center -Now called National Center for Victims of Crime - Infolink 0001)
5. Women who are raped are just asking for trouble.
   Fact: No one, ever, deserves to be raped. Victims cannot suffer the blame for the actions another person uses against them.
6. Unless a weapon is used it isn't rape.
   Fact: Anytime someone uses force with intercourse it is rape. The force may include weapons, intimidation, drugs, alcohol, or a victim's own diminished mental capacity.
7. If he bought dinner she "owes" him sex.
   Fact: No one "owes" sex for anything.
8. If a woman doesn't fight against her attack it isn't really rape.
   Fact: Any sex act forced against another person is rape. It doesn't matter if the victim was able to fight back or not.
9. If the victim isn't a virgin then it wasn't really rape.
   Fact: Even if the victim is not a virgin and forced to have sex against that person's wishes then it is rape.
10. Husbands can't rape their wives. It's her duty.
    Fact: As many as 14% of women who have been married have also been victims of rape by their husbands.
    ( Battered Women Support Services Pamphlet, Forced Sex in Marriage 1994.)
11. Women cry rape because they had sex and changed their minds.
    Fact: Rape is the most underreported crime in the country. Only 16% are ever reported to the police.
12. If it is really rape then the victim will report it immediately.
    Fact: Responses collected from the National Women's Study show 84% of rape victims never reported the crime at all.
    (Taken from the Center for Diseases Control Factsheet, 2/2000)
13. She really wanted to have sex so it was ok to get rough.
    Fact: We all have the right to say no, to change our minds, or decide not to have sex. It doesn't matter what activity proceeded the "no".
14. Rape only happens to women.
    Fact: Men, and children are also victims of rape.
    (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997)
15. Rape only happens to women who are on the streets late at night.
    Fact: Rape happens everywhere. It happens on the job, in our homes, in parking lots and at school.
16. I don't know anyone who's ever been raped.
    Fact: Rape victims are doctors, teachers, nurses, pastor's wives, checkout clerks, accountants, engineers or anyone. Most people know someone who has been raped. You may just not know who it is.

What is PTSD? It is a normal emotional and psychological reaction to trauma (a painful, shocking experience such as rape, war, natural disaster) that is outside of a person's normal life experiences.

Survivors recover in stages. They may start with one stage, go to another, and go back. Each person processes the event his or her own way.

Here are some stages a survivor may go through:

1. Denial that the rape had any effect on their lives.
2. Fear it will happen again.
3. Feel sad because of a loss of their ability to trust in people or places.
4. Feel anger toward what happened.
5. Anxiety over the nightmares or flashbacks that may intrude on the life of the survivor.
6. Feel as if a part of themselves died during the rape attack.

www.isys.ca/ssacc/drugs.htm

www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/health-info/sexual/daterape/drape.html

web.jmu.edu/osasap/roofies.htm

www.fiu.edu/~victimad/whatdrug.htm

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/rape.htm

www.rainn.org/stats.html