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Since alcohol is involved in the majority of rapes and sexual assaults, it’s not surprising that OSAPR saw an increase in rape and sexual assault reports last year after the alcohol-fueled parties at Harvard-Yale. This year will bring more of the same, unless we—both women and men—make a concerted effort to reduce the risk of sexual assault and rape. Our hope is that by following a few simple guidelines, students will make risk-reduction a Harvard tradition...
Alcohol enables sexual assault and rape by impairing people’s ability to give consent and making communication difficult. Contrary to what you may have been told, alcohol plus sex does not necessarily equal rape. But when a person is not just intoxicated, but incapacitated—slurring speech, vomiting or falling in and out of consciousness— he or she is incapable of giving consent according to the law. The point, however, isn’t to figure out how much someone can get away with, but rather how to steer clear of these gray areas...
Another often overlooked method to help prevent rape and sexual assault is to look after your friends. Even if you’re not sexually active, it’s important to know how to help your friends should they find themselves in danger. If you see an obviously drunk friend about to leave a party with someone he or she just met, as a friend, it’s your responsibility to intervene...
Many students would hesitate to thwart a potential hookup; after all, nobody wants to be accused of “cock-blocking.” But consider: by intervening in a sketchy situation, you are not preventing good sex; you are preventing a possible sexual assault. The absolute worst that can happen if you intervene is that your friend will be angry. Contrast this with what might happen if you don’t: someone might be raped and traumatized for the rest of his or her life...
There are no bad ideas when trying to interrupt a possible sexual assault. You can talk to your friend and persuade him or her that it’s not a good idea, distract your friend with dance or conversation or pretend that you’re sick and you need your friend to take care...