Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!
The brilliant Colleen Jameson penned the following tips and generously gave permission to Girl With Pen to republish them. You can read more at No, Not You.
Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!
1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.
2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone!
3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them!
4. NEVER open an unlocked door or window uninvited.
5. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, DON’T ASSAULT THEM!
6. Remember, people go to laundry to do their laundry, do not attempt to molest someone who is alone in a laundry room.
7. USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! If you are not able to stop yourself from assaulting people, ask a friend to stay with you while you are in public.
8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan to assault them. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the other person may take that as a sign that you do not plan to rape them.
9. Don’t forget: you can’t have sex with someone unless they are awake!
10. Carry a whistle! If you are worried you might assault someone “on accident” you can hand it to the person you are with, so they can blow it if you do.
And, ALWAYS REMEMBER: if you didn’t ask permission and then respect the answer the first time, you are committing a crime- no matter how into it others appear to be.
P.S. Thanks to Ampersand for the pingback that put these tips on our radar.
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September 19th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Excellent tips
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:28 am
Fantastic! Thanks, Shira! Thanks, Colleen!
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 am
this is great, we should print these up in a spiffy looking pamphlet and bring it to health fairs.
September 24th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Love this. Would be a great poster for men’s restrooms!
September 24th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Love this post! Teaching sexuality courses to college students, I always emphasize that we, as a society, need to teach men how not to be rapists — I couldn’t think of a better summary of just that! (Note: I realize that not all rapists are men, but the statistics are pretty skewed in that direction.)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
THANK you. I’ve included this (giving you credit) in like every conversation/blog for my women’s studies classes. You rock. People always assume we have to be the victims AND the heroes. Take responsibility, boys!
January 21st, 2010 at 5:32 pm
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January 21st, 2010 at 5:47 pm
It really IS just that simple! Great post!
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 am
Excellent - for women of all ages!
January 24th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I have a problem. I like to dress up sexily, like most guys, when I go out. But every time I do I feel sexy and my libido gets fired up, and find myself in danger of sexually assaulting people. I feel like it’s an infringement on my freedom to have to avoid dressing up the way I want to just to avoid the danger of a sexual assault, but I feel like it’s the only way to be safe.
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Any idea how to contact the original author given that the link is broken? I’d like permission to post this on fliers.
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