Post by PrinceJay on Sept 10, 2004 14:25:01 GMT 8
Message: A group of rapists and date rapists in
prison
were
interviewed on what they look for in a
potential
victim and here are some interesting facts:
1) The first thing men look for in a potential
victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go
after a woman with a ponytail or other
hairstyle
that can easily be grabbed. They are also
likely
to go after a woman with long hair. Women
with
short hair are not common targets.
2) The second thing men look for is clothing.
They
will look for women who's clothing is easy to
remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors
around
to cut clothing.
3) They also look for women on their mobile
phone,
searching through their purse or doing other
activities while walking, because they are off
guard and can be easily overpowered.
4) The time of day men are most likely to
attack
and rape a woman is in the early morning,
between
5 and 8:30 a.m.
5) The thing about these men is that they are
looking to grab a woman and quickly move
her to
a
second location, where they don't have to
worry
about getting caught
6) Only 2% said they carried weapons
because
rape
carries a 3 - 5 year sentence but rape with a
weapon is 15 - 20 years.
7) If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they
get discouraged because it only takes a
minute or
two for them to realize that going after you
isn't
worth it because it will be time-consuming.
8) These men said they would not pick on
women
who
have umbrellas, or other similar objects that
can
be used from a distance, in their hands.
Keys are
not a deterrent because you have to get really
close to the attacker to use them as a
weapon. So,
the idea is to convince these guys you're not
worth it.
9) Several defense mechanisms he taught
us are:
If
someone is following behind you on a street
or in
a garage or with you in a lift or stairwell, look
them in the face and ask them a question,
like
what time is it, or make general small talk, "I
can't believe it is so cold out here, we're in for
a bad winter". Now you've seen their face and
could identify them in a line-up, you lose
appeal
as a target.
10) If someone is coming toward you, hold
out your
hands in front of you and yell "Stop" or "Stay
back!" Most of the rapists talked to said they'd
leave a woman alone if she yelled or
showed that
she would not be afraid to fight back. Again,
they
are looking for an EASY target.
PLEASE READ, THEN FORWARD THIS TO
EVERY WOMAN YOU
KNOW!
IT'S SIMPLE STUFF BUT IT COULD SAVE
LIVE
prison
were
interviewed on what they look for in a
potential
victim and here are some interesting facts:
1) The first thing men look for in a potential
victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go
after a woman with a ponytail or other
hairstyle
that can easily be grabbed. They are also
likely
to go after a woman with long hair. Women
with
short hair are not common targets.
2) The second thing men look for is clothing.
They
will look for women who's clothing is easy to
remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors
around
to cut clothing.
3) They also look for women on their mobile
phone,
searching through their purse or doing other
activities while walking, because they are off
guard and can be easily overpowered.
4) The time of day men are most likely to
attack
and rape a woman is in the early morning,
between
5 and 8:30 a.m.
5) The thing about these men is that they are
looking to grab a woman and quickly move
her to
a
second location, where they don't have to
worry
about getting caught
6) Only 2% said they carried weapons
because
rape
carries a 3 - 5 year sentence but rape with a
weapon is 15 - 20 years.
7) If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they
get discouraged because it only takes a
minute or
two for them to realize that going after you
isn't
worth it because it will be time-consuming.
8) These men said they would not pick on
women
who
have umbrellas, or other similar objects that
can
be used from a distance, in their hands.
Keys are
not a deterrent because you have to get really
close to the attacker to use them as a
weapon. So,
the idea is to convince these guys you're not
worth it.
9) Several defense mechanisms he taught
us are:
If
someone is following behind you on a street
or in
a garage or with you in a lift or stairwell, look
them in the face and ask them a question,
like
what time is it, or make general small talk, "I
can't believe it is so cold out here, we're in for
a bad winter". Now you've seen their face and
could identify them in a line-up, you lose
appeal
as a target.
10) If someone is coming toward you, hold
out your
hands in front of you and yell "Stop" or "Stay
back!" Most of the rapists talked to said they'd
leave a woman alone if she yelled or
showed that
she would not be afraid to fight back. Again,
they
are looking for an EASY target.
PLEASE READ, THEN FORWARD THIS TO
EVERY WOMAN YOU
KNOW!
IT'S SIMPLE STUFF BUT IT COULD SAVE
LIVE