RAPE

Rape is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury to justice and charity. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, and physical and moral integrity to which every person has a right. It causes grave damage that can mark the victim for life. It is always an intrinsically evil act. Graver still is the rape of children committed by parents (incest) or those responsible for the education of the children entrusted to them." (no. 2356)

DEFININITION

• Rape is forcing someone to have sex with you
• It is still rape if you're dating the person
• If the victim didn't want to have sex with you, it's rape

NEED TO KNOW

• Anyone can be raped, but most victims
• are raped by someone they know
• NO ONE deserves to be raped
• 1. Rape is forcing someone to have sex with you

ABUSING ALCOHOL

• Alcohol impairs judgement
• Men may invite a woman to sleep with him
• Or go home with him
• The alcohol could prevent women from reading signs
• A woman may be crushed when she discovers she accidentally slept

DATE RAPE

• Boyfriends may not accept that no means no
• The woman would be raped by someone they trusted
• They wanted to wait, but the boyfriend did not respect their choice

GANG RAPE

• A group of boys force a woman to have sex
• Gang rape is an especially hideous form of rape
• It causes lifetime trauma and insecurity

“I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the things that I remembered, these little details, seemed to grow stronger, to the point where I could feel their weight in my chest. Nothing, however stuck with me more than the memory of stepping into that dark room and what I found there, and how the light then took that nightmare and made it real.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

EFFECTS

• Raped women often get depression, which leads to suicide
• Many women who are raped get an abortion
• Abused women often feel like they are worthless
• Or they deserve to be raped

WHAT WE CAN DO

• A raped woman should be given treatment for injuries
• The community should morally support her
• She can take drugs to prevent conception if it hasn't occured yet
• Men should not rape women, or stand up for them