How many of you know someone who has had something stolen from them? How many of you
know someone who has been held at gunpoint? How many of you know someone who has been
date raped? You might and not even know about it. In 1985, Mary Koss, a professor at Kent
State University, surveyed approximately 7,000 students on thirty-two campuses on behalf of
Ms. magazine and found that one in eight women were the victims of rape. Experts estimate that
as many as 90 percent of all rapes are never reported. But When you hear the word "rape," what
do you think of? If you imagine a stranger jumping out of the bushes on a dark night and
attacking someone, you are only partly right--because most rapes are not committed by strangers
but by men who know their victims, who often have gone out with them previously and are
supposedly their friends.
Acquaintance rape is forced, unwanted intercourse with a person you know. It can be that cute
neighbor, the blind date your......
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