important for girls to read its not a very nice subject but think you should all read it just to b on the safe side!!! Through a Rapist’s Eyes A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts: 1. The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail or other hairstyle that can be easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Woman with short hair are not common targets. 2. The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for woman whose clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing. 3. They also look for women on their mobile phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking, because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered. 4. The time of day men are most likely to attack and rape a woman is in the early morning, between 05.00 and 08.30 am. 5. The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman quickly move her to a second location where they don’t have to worry about getting caught. 6. Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3 – 5 year sentence, but rape with a weapon is 15 – 20 years. 7. If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realise that going after you isn’t worth it because it will be time-consuming. 8. These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands. Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you’re not worth it. 9. Several defence mechanisms he taught us are: if someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in a lift 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, we’re in for a bad winter”. Now you’ve seen their face and could identify them in a line-up, you lose appeal as a target. 10. If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell “STOP” or “STAY BACK”. Most of the rapists talked to said they’d leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.
Rape is one of the must disgusting crimes anyone could ever commit. People who do should be burned alive :evil:
Re: important for girls to read Unfortunately 7 isn't always true, as some prefer it if you fight back. Rape is usually about power, not sex, so if you put up a fight, it can goad them on as they gain more power by overpowering someone who is fighting. Also, be careful with 8. Anything you carry can pretty easily be taken from you and used as a weapon against you.
Who conducted the research? Most of it is common sense, but the intention of that e-mail seems to be to alarm rather than to inform.
Forgot to add - it's worth spending a quid or two on a personal rape alarm (if you're a student most unions flog them for around 50p), they've got a couple of my mates out of bad situations.
rape is totally and utterly bad crack. Anyone caught should be forced to eat their own bollocks:evil:
i would agree with that completely. it just looks like scaremongering. it is a recorded fact that over 60% of rapes are commited by someone known to the victim. with many of these taking place in or after even 'date' situations. like dodgy said, most of it is purely common sense. there is certainly no need to go around wavign umbrellas and screaming at every man who walks past you at night.
Not a i nice subject but that email is bullshit.... total scaremongering. How can you corralate all the answers given by these rapists to form one deffinitive answer? sureley rapists have different tendencies etc?
