No Means No, Alcohol is No Excuse.

This is only a small portion of statistics of rape.

80% are under age 30

Every 107 seconds, another sexual assault occurs

68% of sexual assaults are not reported to the police

98% of rapists will never spend a day in jail

Approximately 4/5 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim

47% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance

No means no, period. If she isn’t sober, then she cannot give consent. Just because she is dressed a certain way doesn’t mean she wants to have sex, maybe she’s just proud of her body and feels pretty? Society has been teaching girls from a young age so many things that in all honesty are wrong. Telling a girl “you can’t dress how you want otherwise you’re asking to be raped” is unacceptable, we need to teach them to be confident and love themselves, and the guys need to be taught that it’s NOT okay to force themselves on a girl. The same goes for the “oh he’s mean to you at recess, that just means he has a crush on you.” this right here is telling a girl that it’s okay for boys to be mean to her, and as she grows up if this sticks in her head she ends up with the same guys that are rapists and/or abusers. Just stop.

This whole friendzone bullshit needs to stop as well, just because a girl doesn’t want to date you and only wants to be friends doesn’t make her a bitch. Everyone has their preferences, sitting there trying to make a girl feel bad because she doesn’t want to be with you, might make you “feel better” but in the long run, you’re just an asshole, you’re not the “nice guy” that you’re trying to claim to be, by doing things and saying things like that you’re just as awful as a person as the dicks you think she’s attracted to.

The most alarming statistics are the amount of rapes that go unreported and the fact that majority of rapists wont ever spend any time locked up. The laws need to change, society needs to change, we all need to make these changes happen. 1 in 6 women are victims of attempted or completed rape in their life time. One of these women could be your Mother, Sister, Friend, or even your Daughter.

You could be walking down the street today and see many women, and several of them could be victims, but all victims don’t look alike, just like not all rapists look alike. What can you do to help make changes, or help victims? https://www.rainn.org/donate/ways-to-give you can start by clicking that link, you’ll find various ways to support victims and help prevent sexual violence through donations. You can also learn more about sexual assault and prevention.

Protect yourself. Love yourself. Trust yourself.