TO ALL WHO HAVE POSTED ON THIS SUBJECT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR BRINGING UP A VERY SCARY SUBJECT. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO A FEMALE STUDENT CAME TO ME ASKING ABOUT DATE RAPE. I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER BUT TOLD HER I WOULD FIND OUT. I CALLED THE LOCAL RAPE CRISIS CENTER AND ASKED FOR INFORMATION. THIS LED ME TO BECOME A HOSPITAL ADVOCATE VOLUNTEER FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. I GO TO THE ER WHEN RAPE SURVIVORS ARE BROUGHT IN. IN TEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON OVER 100 CALLS AND NONE OF THEM ARE THE SAME. EACH SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT. TO TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE MUST TEACH OUR STUDENTS AWARENESS AND AVOIDANCE FIRST. AFTER THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT RAPE TRULY IS THEN WE CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT WHAT YOU TEACH WILL BE USED BUT YOU WILL AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO USE. I WAS ONCE ASKED AT A SEMINAR FOR WOMEN "WHAT SHOULD WE SAY TO OUR DAUGHTERS ABOUT RAPE?" i TOLD THE WOMEN TO BE HONEST AND OPEN AND THEN ASKED THEM WHAT SHOULD WE SAY TO OUR SONS ABOUT RAPE? REMEMBER THAT 1 OUT OF 3 WOMEN WILL BE THE VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 1 OUT OF 8 MEN WILL BE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. I URGE ALL OF YOU INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS ALIKE TO CONTACT YOUR NEAREST RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION. I WILL NOW CLIMB OFF OF MY SOAPBOX. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FATHER GREEK
