This document discusses how social bonds and friendship can help prevent rape. It notes that rape prevention has traditionally focused on women's self-defense but that rape hurts all genders. Strong social bonds in closed communities like college campuses can help prevent rape by increasing the risk of rapists getting caught, encouraging travel in groups for protection, reducing alienation between genders, and highlighting that rape impacts both men and women. The document advocates for making friends to gain security, companionship and positive memories.

1. How can social
bonds prevent
rape?
The most ignored measure
against gender based violence

2. rape
is
Universal
Simply because…

3. 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…

4. What about men?
Perpetrator needs fixing, not the
victim

5. And
most
importantly

6. 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

7. 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.

8. RAPE
is
UNIVERSAL
It hurts us all
It is NOT a women’s issue
but rather a humanitarian
issue

9. Connection between social
bonds aka friendship and RAPE
prevention
Abraham Lincoln once said,
“I destroy my enemies by
making them my friends”.

10. In a closed circuit environment such as
a college campus
Rapists

11. #1 Please note the majority group is that of the
bystanders- imagine their power to influence
positive change
Rapists

12. #2 Closed circuit groups mean close bonds where
students share private information meaning higher risk
for rapists to be caught and socially confronted
Rapists

13. #3 It is SMARTER to socialize and travel in groups
(collective power against potential threats)
Rapists

14. #4 Inter gender friendship eliminates the ‘alien-isation’
of the opposite gender and focuses on common goals
Rapists

15. Rape is as much a men’s
issue as it is a women’s
issue because it affects
both genders equally
Divided we are vulnerable
Together, we are invincible
Please prevent what’s preventable

16. Make
Friends
With
BeneFits
The benefit of security, companionship, fun
and lifelong memories…