How can social bonds prevent

RAPE?The most ignored

measure against gender based violence

RAPE is

UNIVERSAL

Simply because…

Until recently-

We considered gender based violence to be a women’s issue.

We highlight the victimization of women and create programs of self defense and trainings for women to teach them ‘how to protect themselves’

But…

What about men?Perpetrator needs fixing, not the

victim

Andmost

importantly

What about the male victims of rape?

Did you know that in the UK alone, around 72,000 males are sexually assaulted every year?

That is more than 1 in 10 RAPES

1 in 7 women students experienced a serious physical or sexual assault during their time as a student.

Other research by NUS Wales found that 30% of male Welsh students felt that a woman was partially to blame for being raped if she was

drunk or wearing revealing clothing.

RAPE is

UNIVERSALIt hurts us all

It is NOT a women’s issue

but rather a humanitarian issue

Connection between social

bonds aka friendship and RAPE

prevention

Abraham Lincoln once said,

“I destroy my enemies by

making them my friends”.

In a closed circuit environment such as a college campus

Rapists

#1 Please note the majority group is that of the bystanders- imagine their power to influence

positive change

Rapists

#2 Closed circuit groups mean close bonds where students share private information meaning higher risk

for rapists to be caught and socially confronted

Rapists

#3 It is SMARTER to socialize and travel in groups (collective power against potential threats)

Rapists

#4 Inter gender friendship eliminates the ‘alien-isation’ of the opposite gender and focuses on common goals

Rapists

Rape is as much a men’s issue as it is a

women’s issue because it affects

both genders equally

Divided we are vulnerableTogether, we are invincible

Please prevent what’s preventable

Make

Friends

With

Benefits

The benefit of security, companionship, fun and lifelong

memories…