Word: dates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the incidence of date rape is high, few woman--about 4 percent--report the attack. They know that the chances of convicting a date rapist are slim, and that in order to prosecute they will have to undergo grueling cross-examination by police and lawyers...
Many women who remain silent blame themselves. They feel that they are partially responsible because of failure to exercise good judgment. Many date rape victims fear that their friends and family will not believe that a rape has even occurred. As a result, 90 percent of date rape victims never tell another person about the assault...
...past, unaware of its frequency, colleges did not show much concern about date rape. That has changed as some women have chosen to talk about their experience and their accounts have shocked campuses. Their efforts--as well as recent studies and increased media attention--have convinced many colleges to confront the problem...
...colleges have tried to emphasize challenging people's attitudes about rape as well as suggesting precautions for women. This approach stems from a realization that myths--such as that women want to be raped and that women say "no" when they mean "yes"--have fostered a culture in which date rape can seem acceptable...
Consequently, Ohio State runs a series of programs focusing on beliefs about rape. Stanford requires incoming freshmen to hear a seminar outlining usual circumstances of date rape. Auburn financed a videotape "It Still Hurts" which reenacts a campus party where a date rape might occur. Swarthmore ran a large workshop on rape in the fall of 1984 resulting in a student-produced videotape. And Cornell runs encounter groups in which students discuss date pressures...