Hi everyone! I believe a year or so ago I ended up creating a forum asking how to prevent rape, when looking for love how can youth gay males or females make sure they are not in a position where they could be rapped. Since i cant find it i am asking again as this is a strong fear that is in the back of my mind, lots of movies i have seen have at least 1 character get rapped that is a gay male and it worries me a bit .. how can we stop this? other than meeting up with someone in a public place, when can we feel comfortable enough with a potential dater to take him back to our place and know he wont grab us against our wills, sorry if this is a touchy subject, the purpose is to help find a solution so no one is ever raped. EVER!!
After 6 years of jujitsu practice you should be roughly untouchable to unarmed person not trained in a martial art, but you will still be vulnerable to drugging, and attacks by an armed person (because even though you learn to fight armed people unarmed, it takes incredible amounts of training and dedication to learn the skills needed to pull it off consistently.
I have been raped by 2 people when I was 17 & that was through one of the rapists putting Rohypnol (a date rape drug) in my drink. From that experience I can say: 1) do not leave your drink unattended at any time, take it to the bathroom with you, don't even leave it with a friend while you go for a smoke, or the toilet etc. 2) do not accept a drink from anyone, especially a stranger or someone you have met on a dating site or in a bar etc. 3) if someone offers to buy you a drink & you do want to accept it, make sure you are there the whole time while the drink is being made and take it straight from the person behind the bar, again this is kind of the same thing as don't leave your drink unattended, just keep your eyes open. I'd also agree with Myclosestisfull in saying that some self-defence classes would be a good idea, but try not to worry too much about what you see in movies/read online, not everyone is out to get you & hurt you, most people are kind & respectful & you can't always be on guard 'just in case', sometimes you have to relax & trust that who you're with won't harm you in any way. If you're going back to someone's house you've just met though (same goes for if you're meeting someone from online), I'd make sure you tell someone where you're going & also the address if you can. Ask them to call you in 10/15/20 minutes to check you're okay & that way if you feel uncomfortable or anything you can use that phone call as an excuse to leave if you need to.
rape is scary, wouldnt wish it on my worst enamy, was raped at high school and back then I was too afraid to say anything. I have 3 neices and they have al said to me ( before they were married) if some one goes for them and if they can fight back any ideas on what to do? I always say theses 3 little words " Nuts Knees and nose! " if you can Kick the dude in the nuts cause that will bring the toughest man down.. but yeah I think its hard too if your going to meet some one online and it turns out wrong.. not sure on that one..
There are lots of classes on self defense or as mentioned above martial arts, and while a gun certainly gives some advantage; it is utterly useless if you are not comfortable carrying it and using it. So I generally don't recommend a gun to just anyone as the best solution for self defense. Other good alternatives for stopping anyone without killing are: high voltage or wasp spray. You hit someone with 50k volts out of a stun gun or similar device they are done, as they lose all control of their muscles for a short time. Wasp spray has the same kind of effect as Mace, except it delivers way more chemical volume at a much farther range. The best self defense is minimize the risk as much as possible. Keeping an eye on your drink at all times, staying in well lit areas, make sure someone knows where you are. Good spacial awareness, such as knowing where: the closest exit is, the closest bouncer/staff/waiter is.
All the fighting skills and packing of defensive weapons will NOT prevent rape if your attacker is just as skilled as you and just as determined to get what he wants. Determined armed men stopped the latest mass murder but only after he was well into his determined and well planned orgy. As an effeminate gay man who has been raped twice in my lifetime and in both cases never saw it coming until it was too late I can only suggest a better plan is to surviving the rape should an attack occur to you. Fight back ONLY if you KNOW you can best your attacker otherwise, like shooting someone with a small caliber pistol, all you're going to do is piss them off even more than they already are. If you ARE carrying an effective fighting tool and are skilled in its use DO NOT hesitate to use it and DO NOT yank a weapon hoping it will make the rapist run away USE IT at the first and fastest opportunity. A wounded rapist seeking aid at a hospital is pretty easy to locate by the Police and a dead one won't do his dirty work to anyone else ever again. If you are in a position of being unarmed and vulnerable then start screaming and yelling bloody murder but DO NOT fight back. There is a possibility the fear of getting caught because of your verbal outburst will drive your attacker away. The reality is most people completely ignore cries for help and most will not "want to get involved" even if they do. So, stage two if this fails is to NOT fight back as this will only make your attacker more angry. Remember that rape isn't about sex but about control and domination and pissing your attacker off will only spur him to want to control and dominate you even more so prepare to submit while always looking for a way out if possible. Once he has gotten you to a place he can dominate you let him do so if no other option is available. Let him beat you if that's his thing, protect yourself as much as you can and beg him to be merciful no matter how distasteful this may be. Once he begins his sexual assault let it happen Let it happen like he is a partner you want to be with. Rapists are not generally looking for a long term sexual connection. They are seeking the pleasure of their own orgasm and have zero concern for yours so the more you fight them the more driven they will become to seek their pleasure from dominating you. The more submissive you are, the faster they achieve the end result of their orgasm. Once the rapist achieves the goal of his orgasm this is where things get tricky. Best case scenario, he gets off and exits stage left thinking no more about you than he would a dropped candy wrapper. Worse case, he sticks around gloating in his manly conquest of his goal like a mountain climber standing at the peak. Does he now run down the mountain or make sure to bury his trash so everything is as pristine as it was before his conquest? At this point you should offer your attacker positive reinforcement of the run down the mountain scenario but NOT in a manner that makes it appear to him like you are trying to usurp his control of you. He may begin to berate you for making him "Do this to you", he WILL blame you, it's never their fault. Agree with him while suggesting his best course of action at this point is exit stage left. "I'm so sorry I drove you to this, please forgive me. I hate myself now. You should go, I think people are coming to see what happened. I'll tell them I fell." Do whatever you can and say whatever needs said to get him away from you. Once he leaves do the same, quickly and in the opposite direction. Seek help. I cannot and will not say my suggestions will help in every potential rape scenario, no one can predict the future. I can say my suggestions worked for me.
As a martial artist myself taking a self defense class is a good idea. Hopefully you will never have to use it.
One thing they teach women in rape survival classes is to never scream "Help" when being attacked. No one will come most likely. Instead scream "Fire". That will get people there either because they want to help, or they just want to watch the blaze. With fire you're a hell of a lot more likely to draw someone to help you fend off your attacker.
i was raped when thirteen by a sixteen year old friend that slipped sedative into my soft drink then poured whiskey in me. when i reported it the police questioned the guy and he said it was consent to but went to reform school because i was underage. nobody even my family believed i was raped but was drunk and wanted to have sex. since then i don't go anywhere unknown with just one friend. i make sure to be with at least three close friends.
I just want to make clear I mean like as in agree, not that I like it. It's the most realistic advice. Being in a crowded space doesn't help, yelling help usually won't help because people (at least in my area) would just assume you're punch-drunk and screaming playfully or whatever, and even if it's in ftont of or around a building here, it means there was a whole building of people who just ignored it. You really can only rely on yourself, unfortunately.
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