Rape Prevention Quotes

“If either one of you is ever in a situation you’re not entirely comfortable with—call me. I don’t care what time it is. I don’t care who is there or what is going on. You call me and I will come get you.”
― Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species

“Since most sexual abuse begins well before puberty, preventive education, if it is to have any effect at all, should begin early in grade school. Ideally, information on sexual abuse should be integrated into a general curriculum of sex education. In those communities where the experiment has been tried, it has been shown conclusively that children can learn what they most need to know about sexual abuse, without becoming unduly frightened or developing generally negative sexual attitudes.

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, for example, the Hennepin County Attorney's office developed an education program on sexual assault for elementary school children. The program was presented to all age groups in four different schools, some eight hundred children in all. The presentation opened with a performance by a children’s theater group, illustrating the
difference between affectionate touching, and exploitative touching. The children’s responses to the skits indicated that they understood the distinction very well indeed. Following the presentation, about one child in six disclosed a sexual experience with an adult, ranging from an encounter with an exhibitionist to involvement in incest. Most of the children,
both boys and girls, had not told anyone prior to the classroom discussion. In addition to basic information on sexual relations and sexual assault, children need to know that they have the right to their own bodily integity.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Father-Daughter Incest

“Since most sexual abuse begins well before puberty, preventive education, if it is to have any effect at all, should begin early in grade school.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Father-Daughter Incest

“Abuse is the weakest expression of strength. It is weakness to destroy what you ought to protect, build and make better.”
― Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way to prevent sexual assault.”
― Jennifer Marsh

“নির্দিষ্ট মেন্টাল সেট-আপের কেউ (১) নির্দিষ্ট জায়গায়/সময়ে (২) নির্দিষ্ট স্টিমুলাসের কিছু পেলে (৩) ধর্ষণ সংঘটিত হয়।”
― শামসুল আরেফীন, মানসাঙ্ক

“When we stay silent about female-perpetrated abuse, we don’t just fail the victims — we fail the culture. - When the Predator Doesn’t Fit the Profile: The Gender Double Standard in Sexual Assault Cases (blog)”
― Carlos Wallace