rape awerness

RAPE AND ABUSE AWERESS

this ribbon is in honnor of all survioros... please spred the word let there be no more victums....

Facts about Rape:

RAPE is forced sexual intercourse, including both psychological coercion and physical force. Forced sexual intercourse means vaginal, anal or oral penetration by the offender(s). This category includes incidents where the penetration is from a foreign object such as a bottle. This definition includes attempted rapes, male and female victims, and heterosexual and homosexual rape.

SEXUAL ASSAULT includes a wide range of victimizations, distinct from rape or attempted rape. These crimes include completed or attempted attacks generally involving unwanted sexual contact between the victim and offender. Sexual assaults may or may not involve force and include such things as grabbing or fondling. Sexual assault also includes verbal threats

In America, 1.3 forcible rapes of adult women occur every single minute, 78 women are forcibly raped each hour, 1,871 women are forcibly raped each day, 56, 916 women are forcibly raped each month, and 683,000 women are forcibly raped each year!

12.1 million American women have been the victim of forcible rape. In other words, thirteen percent of adult American women have been the victim of at least one forcible rape in their lifetime

Only 16 percent of victims of forcible rape ever report to the police. Of these in 1991, 52 percent of the alleged rapists were cleared by arrest or exceptional means death of offender, victim's refusal to cooperate, etc.)and turned over to the court for prosecution. The remainder of cases did not reach the level of arrest or prosecution.

This candle is for all suviors of volince Please light your own let the world know this is not okay.

We will not be Victums any More We are Suvivors...

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It started out slow.

How could you possibly have known what was in store?

You thought you knew him.

You thought he was your friend.

From time to time, when you were lonely,

you'd spend some time with him.

you couldn't see how much he wanted you.

The comments, the suggestions...You always said, "No".

That didn't matter to him.

Nothing you wanted to do could quench his desire.

Animal passion, he thought, would light your fire.

What you didn't expect

is that he'd have no respect

when you said, "No".

"No!", a little louder

"NO! NO! NO!", screaming as he held you down.

"NO! NO! NO!", no help to be found.

"NO!", as he forced you to feel his power.

No! This can't be happening! It's your darkest hour.

Now, what are we going to do?

has not changed my feelings for you.

I just lied. My love is deeper than before,

but if you won't let me in...

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It hurts, make it all stop!

She screams but it is not out loud.

She dreams of other things.

Her soul sings all the prayers of life

she dares to ask God to take her into His arms

all her fears are drained out with her tears

Stop! She cries for all the pain to go away

but noone answers her there's noone there

her hopes all die,her fears all slap

reality upon her face.

Noone can hear her screams.

Noone knows whats going on.

The pain shutters through out her body.

She closes her eyes and mutters

God please take me away...

Her heart closes to the world

her head fills with hatred.

She fills like filth.

She cleans her face with her tears

her soul with her prayers

and tries to wash away all that happened that day.

Too young to understand the world,

she knows it was all wrong but

all she could do was ask, "why me?"

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It just wasn't a possibility

I don't want to hear it

With my friend I have nothing to fear.

for I drank too much that day

I thought on the way home we were going for a ride

soon enough I would find

what he had on his mind.

and even though I will

never get back what he took from me

he will never see another girl who