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Sexual Assault Information

Sexual assault and rape scar victims for life. As someone who is legally responsible for the attendees at your party or event, you must do as much as possible to keep your guests safe from sexual assault and rape.

If you don’t think something like this could happen at your party, consider this:

1. One out of four college women have reported being the victim of rape or an attempted rape. (Hirsch, Kathleen (1990)"Fraternities of Fear: Gang Rape, Male Bonding, and the Silencing of Women." Ms., 1(2) 52-56.)
2. More than 75% of college students who experience unwanted intercourse were under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident.
3. 80% of sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance of the victim. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2001.)

Since alcohol is the number one date rape drug, try to take the focus off of drinking at your event. Include food and non-alcoholic beverages and don’t allow dangerous activities like drinking games or keg stands. There are some other things you and your staff can do to help protect your guests from becoming a victim of a date rape drug:

1. Guests should not leave beverages unattended.
2. Watch if guests take any beverages, including alcohol, from someone they do not know well. Another tip would be to tell guests they can't bring drinks in with them.
3. Guests should only accept drinks from a server you know. If you are the server and a guest offers to bring someone a drink, tell them that the person who wants the drink should come get it.
4. Do not allow common containers, such as punch bowls or kegs.
5. Be alert to people’s behavior. Anyone appearing too intoxicated in relation to the amount of alcohol they have had may have consumed a tampered drink.
6. Anyone who suspects that they have had a tampered drink or sedative should be taken to a hospital emergency room or call 911 for an ambulance.
7. Make sure friends party in groups, and that they never leave the party without accounting for those they came with. Always make sure everyone gets a safe ride home.

Again, if you have staff helping with this event, encourage them to take this training and become familiar with other resources on how to prevent rape and sexual assault at your event.