Rape
Here is a number for you: 354,670. That is the number of women that were raped in 1995 (RAINN 1). That is equivalent of one woman being raped every two minutes (RAINN 1). "In the last two years, more than 787,000 women were the victim of a rape crime or sexual assault" (RAINN 1). And one more statistic that might catch your attention is that only 37% of rapes are reported to the authorities (RAINN 2). Fortunately, there are ways to dramatically reduce these numbers. For starters women need to know what constitutes rape. Second women need to know how to prevent rape before it starts, and lastly women need to know what to do if they are raped. According to the book Our Bodies Our Selves, rape is defined as "...any kind of sexual activity committed against a woman's will" (Avery 135). When a person says the word "rape", people automatically think of a stranger jumping out of the bushes or chasing you down an a dark ally. But, the most common form of rape is called acquaintance......

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Title: Rape
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