Girls are not prey. Let's stop encouraging men to be predators.
study found that women who experienced rape as their first sexual experience were more likely than other women to have a range of health problems—including unwanted first pregnancies, abortions, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease and poor overall health. Similarly, around 80 percent of respondents to my survey said their first experiences with street harassment caused them to feel less safe in the world afterward, and 54 percent said it caused them to change their life in some way.
of rape incidents overall are reported to police, and then less than one percent of all rapes lead to felony convictions. My research over the years suggests street harassers fare about as well and rarely face any real negative outcomes for their actions. Sexual violence and street harassment should be unacceptable in a free and democratic society, in part because it prevents equality. Instead, our culture allows adult men to prey on girls, with almost complete impunity—while women’s health, peace of mind, sense of safety and ability to live full lives suffer.
We must also engage in prevention measures at a young age and model respect for the children in our lives. We must help boys and young men who are survivors of sexual violence, breaking
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