Preventing Date Rape

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

Sexual assertiveness is part of preventing date rape. Take our sexual assertiveness quiz, then learn some techniques to prevent date rape.

The following is a questionnaire on sexual assertiveness as well as tips for preventing date rape. Respond to the questionnaire and then study your answers. Does anything stand out for you? Just how clear are you about what your rights are?

After this questionnaire, there are some suggestions about Date Rape prevention.

People have the right to:

1. Make their own decisions regarding intercourse or other sexual activity regardless of their partner's wishes.

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2. Use or not use birth control regardless of their partner's wishes.
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3. Tell their partner when they want to make love.
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4. Tell their partner they don't want to make love.
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5. Tell their partner they won't have intercourse without birth control.
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6. Tell their partner they want to make love differently.
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7. Masturbate to orgasm.
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8. Tell their partner they are being too rough.
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9. Tell their partner they want to be hugged or cuddled without sex.
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10. Tell their relative they're uncomfortable being hugged or kissed in certain ways.
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11. Ask their partner if they have been examined for S.T.D.'s.
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12. Stop foreplay at any time, including the point of intercourse.
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13. Refuse to have intercourse even though they may have had sex with their partner before and enjoyed it.
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