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"I knew him for a long time. We met through mutual friends, and we hit it off right away. He was good-looking and really nice so I accepted his offer to dinner. Afterwards, he invited me to his apartment to listen to some cd's of the band we had discussed over dinner. As we listened to the music he began to touch me in inappropriate places. I told him to stop but he didn't. When I got up to leave and he pushed me into the bedroom, threw me onto the bed and raped me." This story, like many others, is of a woman who was a victim of date rape. Rape is an ongoing problem in the United Sates. In 2001, 249,000 people were victims of rape. Of that 249,000; 64,000 were victim of attempted rape and 83,000 were victim to completed rape. Approximately 66 percent of victims know their attacker (RAINN 2001). Date rape, or acquaintance, rape is not miscommunication between two people; it is a self-centered act by people who refuse to respect the feelings and boundaries of others. Victims of sexual assault usually blame themselves because the majority of the attackers are known by the victim.
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