Q&A

Q.) What do you do/ who do you contact when told about someone being sexually assaulted?

A.) Contact the police FIRST.

Q.) What is consistently shown in the traits of the assaulter?

A.) There aren’t any really. They were abused themselves as kids? Many are very charming people. Sometimes very successful.

Q.) What are possible signs of abusive relationships?

A.) Warning signs: Extreme Jealousy, Guilt tripping you to stop spending time with your friends, negatively comparing you to others, follows and checks up on you all the time, asks to see your phone or social media, pressuring you to have sex, and/or explosive tantrums.

Q.) How can people prepare to deal with the possibility of sexual assault?

A.) Be straight forward at the beginning of a relationship. Set your limits so that they know, if they cross these lines you've set, it's over.

Q.) How could sexual assault lead to depression and or suicidal thoughts?

A.) If you think it’s your fault, or you deserve it. If you think you are damaged goods.

Q.) If you are in an abusive relationship, how can you safely leave that relationship?

A.) Communicate to legal authorities.

Q.) How can you comfort someone who was sexually abused?

A.) You can be their friend, and listen. Express concern, and support and listen do them. State that the abuse is not their fault and not okay. Realize that your friends may choose to stay in the relationship. Report it to authorities. DO NOT make it a bigger problem.

Q.) How often do people get sexually assaulted? How often do the sexual offenders go to prison?

A.) Every 98 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. And every 8 minutes, that victim is a child. Meanwhile, only 6 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison.

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