NOTICE* This blog post in no ways condones nor suggests that women should even have to prevent rape. Rape destroys lives. These tips have been suggested and added in the hope of raising awareness of rape.
Top Tips To Prevent Rape -
Hairstyle; For instance ponytails if you have long hair are common. Having your hair up in a ponytail can be used as a weapon. Its there to be grabbed and if yanked hard enough in one go you could be pulled to the floor.
Clothes; The basic principle is the fiddlier the better. If you wear a short skirt wear shorts underneath. They take longer to get down and its ten times harder if your struggling.
Wear belts that have more than one fastening. Thick belts that are time consuming will give you precious seconds to scream or bite or kick.
Skin tight trousers are good as they are also difficult to get off. They cant be ripped off.
Your handbag; This doesn’t mean your phone it can be something reasonably small but effective A travel can of hairspray in the eyes is cheaper than pepper spray and will cause pain and blindness, thereby giving you the chance to run or scream for help.
Elastic bands- when flicked in the eyes or face can stun and give you a few seconds.
A book can be used to hit and hurt.
Keys- aim for the eyes or ears or stomach, even the throat if need be.
Carry your keys in your hand while walking home.
Never accept a drink; from a stranger and never leave your drink unattended and return to it. It only takes one min to be spiked and then your powerless.
Car keys: carry them with you in your pocket and if you think your being followed dont use them to unlock your car till you can touch your door.
Car keys can be a weapon too as can your car door if thrown open at the right time.
Your phone, don’t put it in your handbag, pocket it. If there’s someone following you there’s a fake call that’s on most phones where at the touch of one button your phone rings as if someones calling you and pretend to talk.
Its also been documented that a rapist will be put off if your talking as its a potential witness and alert to the fact somethings wrong if he was to jump you. If there’s a bit of distance ring 999 and talk as you walk.
Shoes; High heels are great for stabbing with. If you need to run take them off and hold one if you can.
If you need to defend yourself hit his groin. If hes hurt there he cant use it.
Your voice; If your out and in a bad situation then your voice could make the difference. Scream, yell, anything to get attention. If someone hears you they may help you.
Use your brain ; Don’t walk in dimly lit areas alone. It might take longer to get home but stick to lit areas where there’s more chance you could see people.
Listen; Listen to everything around you and listen for footsteps. If you hear them stop. If they stop then walk faster then stop a few feet later. Walk off into the other side of the road.
Listen to the other footsteps. Do they follow? If they do run. Run and shout as hard as you can. Draw attention to yourself.
The more attention you bring the less chance anyone will try to grab you.
Stay safe. Feel free to add any tips …
Written anonymously for the blog from a women who was the victim of rape*
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Great tips….also if possible let someone know you are on you way home and how long roughly you will be….xxxx
Useful info x
very good advice also try not to walk home alone but if u have to & think you are being followed go to the nearest house & knock on the door ask for help you dont need to go in the house just ask them to ring the police for you while you ring someone you know x
I do alot of these but unfortunatly all areas around me r dimly lit as the council r shite also suggest the metal nail files that u get in manicure sets cal also be used to jab at the rapist maby even puncture the skin if that happens u then have a sample to give the police x
Useful information x
NO ONE asks to be raped but these are good tips.. and you never no what weirdo you could bump into x
If u dnt have anything nice to say fuck off have u ever been raped? Do u no the best way to stoprape ? Cuz u seem to think u do but these TIPS could help PREVENT a rape or did u nt get that thru ur thick skull
Great info I already do some of these but good to no there are more tips if you can have a rape alam with you just to attract people to the noise noone asks to be raped but its good to no thank you xxx
Hi, somehow a tweet I sent ended up becoming a comment on the blog. It was absolutely not intended to go here – and I can’t delete it. I wasn’t attacking the author but I strongly disagree with articles that put the onus on the victim – but that wasn’t an opinion that should’ve been directed straight to you, and I would have certainly put it more delicately had it been. Massive apologies, if anyone (moderators?) is able to delete it, please do.
That first comment is the stupidest thing I’ve read. Obviously no body should rape a woman. But it happens, and it happens quite a lot. These tips (and bloody good ones at that) are here to help women reduce the risk and make it harder for men to rape them. I don’t understand how you can’t see that as a good thing? Why are you turning into a negative? Not that your comment even makes sense, ‘or don’t rape people’ why are you saying that to a bunch of women trying to help each other stay safe? Go and say it to all the disgusting men out there that think they have the right to take what they want. What an utter moron.
good comment sallie….this person obviously has no idea. No woman asks to be raped and i didnt see the point in saying that. ‘or dont rape people’ here either..x
This is my post. These are MY tips. I have been raped. THAT is why I wanted to try to minimise risk for other women. I would never wish anything like that on anyone.
I did NOT say wear a pony tail. Infact if you had read the post properly you would see I said that ponytails are easy to grab and can be used to pull you to the ground. How on earth is that saying wear one???
My clothes comment is a fact! If you are wearing clothes that are hard to take off or fiddly to undo its going to make it harder for you to be raped. Whats easier? A skirt that can be pulled up or a skirt that can be pulled up and shorts that cant just be moved aside or ripped. ?
The very fact that you belittled being raped shows you have no idea what its like and while thats a positive you havent experienced it there are others that have or will.
For all we know anyone reading this could go out one day and one of these tips could come in handy. It COULD prevent a rape, a attack. Therefore THAT is why this was written.
Keep your disgusting comments to yourself and hope to god you never find yourself wishing you had read this or made fun of it. People like you disgust me. Your vile.
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Very good tips
let’s hope people will take the advice and hopefully it will prevent people from being raped also another thing you could use is them alarms u cn attatch to you’re keyring that get louder and louder when you pull out pin could probably be of some help xxx
men will always try and rape. i was raped multiple times. some men are sick twisted disgusting excuses for human.beings. the safest we can stay the better. thanks shell. x
These are good tips
Good tips thanks and her at the top must b stupid or a man..keep negative comments to yourself
Above comment removed and an apology from the poster has been given x
What a great idea to blog this! These are very helpful tips and could save someone from getting raped xx
great tips
Very usefull information! Will remember these tips! X
Useful tips xx
I was rape as a child and gang rape to I think due to this I keep my kids all ways near me they don’t stay at ppl house’s inc my familys they always as home I don’t let anyone hold my babies or go playgroup to they start to talk and understand I do my best to keep them safe
Very useful info! I try not to go out alone much x