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• One in every four women is sexually assaulted during their lifetime.
• One of every eight college women is raped while in college.
• Approximately 683,000 adult American women are raped each year. That means about 1,871 women are raped each day.
• In over half of all rapes, the victim knew the rapist.
  Rape is not always a dark alley crime. Over half occur in a residence.

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Why A Yellow Ribbon? Because a yellow ribbon welcomes home those who have been to war.  Every day in the US, 720 women are casualties of the war against women that is rape. EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECTBecause a yellow ribbon welcomes home those who have been exiled.  Until now, we have consigned those who have been sexually abused to wastelands of blame and humiliation. EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECTBecause a yellow ribbon welcomes home those who have been imprisoned.  Every woman, man and child living in a rape culture is locked behind bars of silence and fear. EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECTBecause yellow is the color of the caution under which we all live. EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECT...EXPECT RESPECTAnd because yellow is the color of the sun that shines on the face of those who are finally free.

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Use the following table to visit each section of this page 

 

About the S.A.F.E. Committee	Know Your Rights
Rape Awareness True-False Test	What to do if you have just been raped
Rape Defined	Tips for friends and family of rape victims
Tips on Staying Safe on Campus	Rape Survival and Recovery
Male Rape	Other Resources

 

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This page created by Jennifer "Ifer" Strasser and Margo Tootle. University of Georgia, 1998

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