Rape Prevention

[Southron]

Subject: Interview with a serial rapists.

A group of prison inmates who have a history of rape and sexual assaults were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here is what they revealed:

1) The first thing rapists look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after someone with long hair, a ponytail, bun, braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. Women with short hair are not common targets.

2) The second thing rapists look for is clothing. They will look for targets whose clothing is quick and easy to remove. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing.

3) They also look for women that are talking their cell phone, texting, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are distracted and off-guard and can be easily overpowered.

4) Most sexual assaults are likely to take place in the early morning, between 5 and 8:30 a.m.

5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked at is grocery store parking lots. Number two is office parking lots/garages. Number three is public restrooms.

6) In bars and nightclubs, they look for women that are alone and drinking. Once they determine that their target is there by themselves, they will do everything they can to get the woman as drunk as possible, then take them to a motel or other location where they commit the assault.

7) Rapists, once they have found and made contact with their target, quickly move their victim to a secondary location to commit the assault, usually some place secluded where they are not likely to be disturbed. This decreases their chances of getting caught.

8) Only 2% of rapists said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year sentence, but aggravated rape (where a weapon is used or displayed) carries a sentence of 15-20 years.

9) If you offer any kind of resistance at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn’t worth it because it will be time consuming.

10) These predators said they tend to avoid women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used as a weapon to defend themselves from a distance. Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon, the idea is to convince these guys you’re not worth it.

Several defense mechanisms we learned are:

1) If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: "I can’t believe it is so cold out here" or "we’re in for a bad winter." Now you’ve seen their face and could identify them in a lineup, you lose appeal as a target.

2) If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell “Stop!” or “Stay back!” Most of the rapists interviewed said the will leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she is not afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

3) If you carry pepper spray, point it towards your attacker, yelling, “I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY!” it will be a deterrent.

4) If someone grabs you, you can’t beat them with strength but you can by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and armpit or in the upper inner thigh --HARD. One woman, who took a self-defense class said that she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands and the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it… it hurts!!!

5) Always go for the groin. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy’s genitals, it is extremely painful. You might think that you’ll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told said, is that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble, and he’s out of there.

6) When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. A women’s self-defense instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

7) Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd behavior, don’t dismiss it, and go with your instincts. You may feel a little silly at the time, but you’d feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.

[4roses]

Great information Southron .. !! As other's have heard me say ... when your walking through a T/S .. always keep your eyes open - look around yourself as your walking through a big parking lot. Never walk looking downward ... let others know you see them at all times.
I love your information. Keep it coming if you can think of anything else.

[JackSwagger]

These are really some good tips for the ladies to avoid rape, they can protect themselves by using these tricks, and the facts which are revealed by some prisoners are quite important to know the mentality of the rapist.

[shyykatt]

Learning"Kung foo panda" moves is a good idea....
.....just wondering, are we allowed to have a stun gun??

[strawberryrhubarbpie]

I recently heard about a lady trucker that was walking back to her parked truck from the T/S and got hit by another truck, whoever hit her kept on going and they haven't caught whoever did it, very sad stuff

[allan5oh]

3) If you carry pepper spray, point it towards your attacker, yelling, “I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY!” it will be a deterrent.

Keep in mind pepper spray is illegal in Canada. However bear spray is not.

[Hardware]

You know seeing as how they violate you. Take away your dignity, I'd say sure only give them three years in prison for destroying that persons frame of mind, possibly there marriage, and whatever relationship they might get involved in afterwards... If they can survive a shotgun blast to there crotch... Just saying.. Sounds about equal to me..