Title: 10 Ways to Help Protect Yourself From Sexual Assault — Even Though You Shouldn't Have To
Headings: 10 Ways to Help Keep Yourself Safe on Campus
10 Ways to Help Keep Yourself Safe on Campus
USE The Buddy System
Tell Everyone Your Business
Be Safe While Being Pulled Over By the Police
Watch Your Drink or Ditch Your Drink
Do Your Research Before You Study Abroad
Keep your Online Life Private
Trust your Instincts
Party Responsibly
Protect Yourself and Your Belongings
encourage everyone around you to invest in programs that raise rape awareness and teach men not to rape

Content: 10 Ways to Help Protect Yourself From Sexual Assault — Even Though You Shouldn't Have To
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10 Ways to Help Keep Yourself Safe on Campus
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By Kristin Collins Jackson
Sep. 25, 2014
When I began working as a crisis counselor, it pained me to have to tell women that because of their gender they had to take additional precautions to keep themselves safe from sexual assault. Even though as a survivor of sexual assault I can say categorically that the only person to blame for rape is the person committing the rape, we as individuals have to take precautions to protect us from rapists, because, unfortunately, no one else will. More like this
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That shouldn't be the case. Being sexually assaulted abroad left me angry at the degree to which I was left unprotected by law-enforcement, my peers, and the campus that should have cared about my safety. Preventing sexual assault should not lie on the shoulders of women; men and women should all take on that responsibility together, along with our governments, to make sure that regardless of your gender, you can feel safe from rape. But until that happens, especially in the wake of my own experience, it's important to me to teach incoming freshmen what they can do to protect themselves from assault. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, every two minutes, there is another victim of sexual assault in the United States. Forty-four percent of those victims will be under the age of 18 and approximately 80 percent of those same victims will be under 30 years of age. According to RAINN, a college with a population of 10,000 can have up to 350 sexual assaults each year.