When people think of rape, they might think of a stranger
jumping out of a shadowy place and sexually attacking someone.
But it's not only strangers who rape. In fact, about half of all
people who are raped know the person who attacked them. Girls
and women are most often raped, but guys also can be raped. Most
friendships, acquaintances, and dates never lead to violence, of
course. But, sadly, sometimes it happens. When forced sex occurs
between two people who already know each other, it is known as
date rape or acquaintance rape. Even if the two people know each
other well, and even if they were intimate or had sex before, no
one has the right to force a sexual act on another person
against his or her will. Although it involves forced sex, rape
is not about sex or passion. Rape has nothing to do with love.
Rape is an act of aggression and violence. You may hear some
people say that those who have been raped were somehow "asking
for it" because of the clothes they wore or the way they acted.
That's wrong: Th