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Recovery

How to Survive Sexual Assault for Women, Men, Teenagers, and Their Friends and Family

By: Helen Benedict

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Paperback | 8 December 1994 | Edition Number 1

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352 Pages

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Age
22+

Dimensions(cm)
21.5 x 15 x 2.5

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This guide offers the survivors of rape and their friends and relatives a body of knowledge drawn from social workers and social scientists on the short-and long-term effects of rape. It includes details of AIDS, date rape, rape crisis programmes, rape shelters and other social resources.

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Author's Note
Preface
Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
A Definition of Rape	p. 1
A Definition of Recovery	p. 2
How You Recover	p. 2
For Those Close to the Victim	p. 3
The Cycle of Injustice	p. 4
Myth 1: Rape Is Sex	p. 5
Myth 2: The Rapist Is Motivated by Lust	p. 6
Myth 3: The Rapist Is a Weird Loner	p. 9
Myth 4: Women Provoke Rape	p. 10
Myth 5: Only Bad Women Are Raped	p. 11
Recovery for Women
The Survivors' Stories	p. 15
Reactions to Rape	p. 21
When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	p. 21
A Day to a Month Later	p. 25
Long-term Reactions	p. 34
How to Help Yourself	p. 41
When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	p. 42
A Day to a Month Later	p. 58
Long-term Recovery	p. 72
Victims' Services	p. 79
How Others Can Help	p. 81
When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	p. 81
A Day to a Month Later	p. 88
How Men Can Help	p. 95
Long-Term Help	p. 109
Prosecuting	p. 113
Why Bother?	p. 113
The Procedures	p. 115
How Others Can Help	p. 127
Recovery for Special Groups
Introduction	p. 131
Rape by Husbands	p. 133
Wife Rape: A Definition	p. 133
Why Men Do It	p. 137
Why Women Marry Them	p. 139
How to Stop Rape by Husbands	p. 142
How to Recognize the Danger	p. 149
Helping Yourself Recover	p. 151
How Others Can Help	p. 152
Men Get Raped, Too	p. 154
Your Reactions	p. 158
Rape by Women	p. 162
When You and Your Partner Are Both Assaulted	p. 164
How to Help Yourself	p. 165
How Others Can Help	p. 168
The Older Victim	p. 171
Your Reactions	p. 172
How to Help Yourself	p. 176
The Disabled	p. 184
How Others Can Help	p. 185
Teenagers	p. 188
Who Rapes Teenagers?	p. 188
Your Reactions	p. 189
How to Help Yourself	p. 200
Incest	p. 204
How Others Can Help	p. 206
Lesbians and Gay Men	p. 217
Women	p. 217
Men	p. 224
Reporting and Prosecuting	p. 231
Resources
Resources for Part One	p. 237
Resources for Part Two	p. 331
Notes	p. 345
Index	p. 357
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