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Resources

For victims

For friends/family of victims

For parents

For law enforcement

For therapists

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Hostile sexism is a risk factor for rape. A score > 0 indicates an increased risk. A thorough understanding of consent reduces the risk. Who do you know who needs it?

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Protect children

Spot a groomer

RAINN video series

End Child Marriage (USA)

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Rules

#1. Must be about stopping rape

This could include specific actions to take, content that inspires/supports activists, scientific research on rape prevention, specific barriers that need to be knocked down to properly address the problem, evidence on the scope of the problem, etc.

#2. No victim-blaming

It's never the victim's fault. The end.

#3. No gender-warring

While it's important to acknowledge people of any gender can be raped, this is not your soap box to vent about how men have it worse. If you want to switch the discussion to talking about rape of males, at the very minimum 1) ask yourself why, 2) start your own post (preferably one that is grounded in actual solutions and not just misogyny, which exacerbates rape).

#4. Be civil

It is important to engage in productive and respectful dialogue to effectively stop rape. Efforts to prevent and eradicate this crime will require buy-in and understanding from all members of society. If you lack the patience to participate in such conversations in a constructive manner, give yourself permission to step away.

#5. No misinformation

Misinformation about rape can perpetuate harmful stereotypes and myths, resulting in victim-blaming, which can discourage reporting and hinder investigations. This can also impact public perception and understanding of the issue, leading to inadequate laws and policies, and a lack of resources for victims. Thus, spreading misinformation obstructs efforts to effectively address and prevent rape.

#6. Comments, questions, or posts directed at mods, mod decisions, or the sub are subject to removal.

Users with genuine concern can reach out through modmail, but this subreddit is for the discussion of stopping rape. Meta posts that distract from that goal will be removed.

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Rape is one of the most severe of all traumas, causing multiple, long-term negative outcomes.

The impact of rape on victims includes emotional and psychological effects, physical effects, victim blaming and other kinds of secondary traumatization.

Sexual victimization can have a lasting negative impact on survivors' psychological, physical, and social well-being, regardless of perpetrators' tactics.

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Characteristics of rapists

Not all offenders have the following characteristics, but each increases the chance that a person is a rapist:

• Peer support of forced sex¹

• Less socially skilled

• Frequently misperceiving sexual intentions

• Over-reliance on attractiveness, rather than affective cues

• Absent fathers

• Conservative gender role beliefs

• Low empathy ^{(quiz) | (treatment)}

• Hostile gender role beliefs ^(quiz)

• Heavy alcohol consumption

• Rape-supportive beliefs/norms

• High levels of anger at women

• Hypermasculinity

• Hostile masculinity

• Hostile sexism

• Childhood adversity

• A belief that alcohol increases sexuality

• More accepting of using manipulative strategies in their relationships with women

• Earlier age at first consensual sex

• More acts of delinquency committed in adolescence

• Feeling entitled to have sex with a woman with whom they have previously had sex, or who has been willing to engage in some consensual sexual activities

• Acceptance of interpersonal violence

• More sex partners ^(quiz)

• Narcisism