what can you do to stop rape?

Here are a few ideas:

• Confront men who use sexist language or make jokes degrading to women.
• Challenge institutions that profit from sexist advertising that degrades women.
• Be aware of your own behavior or attitude which may be threatening to women.
• Do not confuse mere friendliness with sexual invitation.
• Become familiar with the history of women's oppression, so that you can challenge sexist beliefs about rape & violence.
• Be willing to examine your male ego defensiveness when listening to the expression of feminist ideas.
• Be alert to signs of women (or men) who may be suffering physical or verbal assault, and be willing to investigate and intervene.

Yet, why not tell what happened? -- Robert Lowell, poet