Women are referred to as "weaker sex", and the reason being that they are more vulnerable to crime whether it is rape, assault, molestation and other types of physical & sexual harassment.

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A survey conducted has resulted in to a crime statistics that states:

• Around 78 rapes are committed each hour in America.

• Four women in a day get murdered by their abusive partners.

• 25% of girls will be sexually assaulted by the time they are 18-years old.

• 14% of all Americans women admitted having been subjected to violent abuse by their male partners.

• 29% of all violence against women by a lone offender was by an intimate from 1992 to 1993.

• 25% of rapes take place in a public area or a parking garage.

• 75% of every rape is committed by the person known to the victim.

These statistics are shocking. They demonstrate this vulnerability to violent crimes the most atrocious of them is rape. Rape causes mental as well as physical harm to a woman. The trauma that she undergoes is immense, nerve breaking and never-ending.

The increasing number of crimes against women has raised a red flag for many people across the globe. An undisputed truth about rape is that "stranger" rapes only constitute a minute number of rapes. The most intimidating fact about this crime is that a huge number is committed by the person known to the victim.

It is wrong to refer rape as a "human interaction" more than a crime. It may seem quite strange to protect yourself from a person you know and interact with on a regular basis. The key is to know the facts about the crime, the psychology of a criminal and how best to protect yourself.

Knowing Facts About Rape:
Stranger rapes only constitute between 10 and 13 percent of all rapes. 87 to 90 percent of all rapes are by someone acquainted with the victim.

Understanding Psychology Of A Rapist
Rapists appear to lead double lives. They seem just like ordinary men. They may be members of any religion, race, profession or socioeconomic group under the sun. Age is no bar and many of them are successful in carrying a reputable name in society as dedicated family men.

Rapists are men with serious personality or psychology disorders. They prefer discharging these disorders through sexual violence. This genre of men is not intimidated by logical consideration as punishment, ill effects to victim or disgrace. Rapists are generally aggressive or violent with anger and power being the dominant component of the act.

How To Identify A Rapist

• Self-Centered: Does a person acquainted to you appear to be a narcissistic? Keep tabs on the specific characteristics of men around you. Watch out for people considering their desires more important than other peoples' welfare, or who try to justify a heinous act. They may be the danger signs.

• Anger: A person who gets enraged for a minor or no reason at all often look for targets to take out their anger on and the method of the process would be rape, physical combat, molestation or abuse.

• Alcoholic Or Drug Addict: Alcohol & drugs may not be the cause of bad behavior but they can increase the probability of crime. These traits are common among rapists as well as professional criminals. Most criminals become intentionally intoxicated to ignore the social restrictions & inhibitions regarding violence.

• Extreme Mood Swings: Stay away from someone who can easily become extremely happy and get deeply hurt the second moment. This kind of personality can result into a mood to take revenge just because you "hurt him".

Defense against the Crime
Knowing some facts about rape and psychology of a rapist may make you aware of your environment and help you stay away from a potential criminal but it is more important to be prepared to fight back or escape in the event an incident occurs.

The best way to prepare against different possible threats is to practice certain self-defense rules.

• The first method is to contact a self-defense trainer and learn the tricks. A self-defense program would teach you about how to save yourself from the crime and hit the criminal at the right spot, at the right time.

• Buy DVDs, on self defense training.

• Keep practicing the self-defense skills "practice makes perfect".

• Avoid places and situations where crime may occur.

• Be aware of your surroundings.

• Run or defend yourself as soon as you suspect danger.

• Avoid walking in the streets wearing conspicuous jewelry.

• Hitchhiking may become the prime cause of being a victim of rape. So be cautious and use buses or taxis.

• Never act or appear as an easy target.

• Carry a body language that exhibits loads of self-confidence. It is quite possible to stop the crime if you maintain eye contact and are not intimidated by the criminal.

• Use your environment to confront the criminal. Remember that everything including things around you, on you & with you can be used assure your safety.

• Act! This should be your ultimate mantra. Scream, scratch, bite, hit, attack or kick. Do all that you think is required to escape from the crime.

• Ashtrays, safety pins, bottles, chairs, utensils, compass, pen and the like can be effectively used as indoor self-defense objects.

• If you are outside your home & threatened, then you can consider striking your opponent with anything you can get your hands on.

• Carry and learn how to use non lethal self defense weapons such as pepper spray, stun guns or personal alarms.

Adopting a self-defense program or a self-defensive attitude will enhance your self-confidence and power to fight back. Another interesting thing you can adopt is to keep tracking newest inventions in the category of self-defense rules and non lethal self defense products.

One such self-defense product developed by a South African woman, Sonette Ehlers, is known as "Rapex". It may be well defined as the anti-rape female condom.

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