Rape Crisis Program
By Tony Gladfelter and
Linda Padgett
The Black Cultural Arts
Center was the setting on
Wednesday, March 12 for a
program on rape crisis inter
vention. Barbara Smith and
Paulette Clemensky of the
Residence Living Program at
University Park served as
moderators for this discussion
session.
This second and final
meeting on the topic
.dealt
mainly with rape prevention
on the college campus and was
designed to help students in
the unique situations present
on the campus scene.
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Ms. Smith noted that
heightening the awareness of
facts and dispelling fallacies
about the crime of forcible
rape were underlying goals of
this program.
A questionnaire dealing
with common fallacies was
distributed to all participants.
It has been reproduced in part
below.
Some general facts about
the crime were set down
before the group was divided
up to discuss the question
naire. Generally speaking, the
assailant picks out a pattern
the victim habitually follows
or a particular location of
vulnerablity. It was again
emphasized that the victim
and rapist have had previous
contact in many cases. Looks
can be very deceiving. Perpe
trators of this crime may look
like very trustworthy per
sons. This is why college
students, especially women,
should be suspicious of any
stranger initially. It was also
stated that over seventy per
cent of all rapes are premedi
tated.
The free lifestyle of col
lege-age persons leaves them
especially open to this crime.
Often students do not tell
anyone where they are going
and when they expect to be
back. Hitchhiking around col-
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leges is always an open invi
tation to trouble. The person
driving the car exercises too
much control on the hitch
hiker's environment. Rapists
usually look for an easy mark.
A person with the appearance
of assertiveness around him/
her is generally safer from
attack.
. After going over these
general facts, two groups
were formed to discuss the
RAPE QUESTIONNAIRE
The following are some common ideas and beliefs about rape
TRUE OR FALSE
[l] Most rape victims are young, attractive women.
[2] Many rapists are normal healthy, "red-blooded Americans"
who are victims of provocative and seductive women.
[3] If you have rape fantasies you secretly want to rape (men) or
want to be raped (women).
[4] Most women do not report rape because they are
embarrassed or afraid.
[s] Most rapes occur on the street or while hitch-hiking.
ANSWERS: 1. F; 2. F; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F.
How vulnerable are you to rape? The following questions
deal with your vulnerability to being raped. If you can answer
negatively to them, then you are probably pretty safe. If not,
you should possibly change some of your habits.
[l] Do you often walk alone after dark?
[2l In the last month, have you or a female friend gone to a
party/ bar and given your number to someone you really did
not know?
[3] Have you ever gone someplace with a female friend and left
her to find her own way home?
[4] If a guy makes inappropriate or unwanted advances toward
you, do you clearly let him know that you are not interested?
[s] In the last month, have you or a female friend invited a guy
that you casually know up to your room or apartment?
[6] Have you ever been drunk to the point of being irresponsible
about your own protection?
questionnaire on vulnerability
to rape. The following three
suggestions were stressed as
being important in the pre
vention of this crime: [l] Be in
control of your behavior and
environment at all times; [2]
Establish escort services on
college campuses where
needed; [3] Know where you
are going and make others
aware of this and when you
expect to be back.