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What is Date Rape?
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If you've been the victim of date rape, you're likely confused, hurt and scared about the sexual assault. You're also likely to wonder what to do after a rape. Getting help is vital, and this video details the support and counseling you need.
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Description: Millions of students on college campuses experience date rape, but this form of sexual assault is as confusing as it is frightening. What does it really entail, and how do you know if you're a victim of rape? Here's help.
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While it's difficult to aggregate precise numbers due to often unreported incidences of rape, US law enforcement, along with national rape crisis centers, say that 10 to 25% of all women will experience rape in their lifetime in the USA. Date rape, or acquaintance rape, refers to nonconsensual sexual activity between two people who already know one another. Rape occurs when someone is forced to perform a sexual act of any kind. When the victim knows her rapist - as a casual acquaintance, a friend, or even a boyfriend - it can also be called date rape. Although women are the most frequent victims of date rape, men, too, can suffer from this crime. Although date rape can occur between sober people, alcohol is almost always involved. While frequently date rape occurs when a victim is drunk, often a victim's beverage will be spiked with an odorless, colorless "date rape" drug. The most common date rape drugs include rohypnol, or "roofies," gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, and ketamine. These drugs may limit memory, and cause unconsciousness or feelings of immobility, making a sexual crime easier to carry out. If you've been the victim of date rape, you're not alone, and not without help. Before you change clothes or wash up, contact your local rape crisis center, or your college's health center for guidance.
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Dr. Adam Flisser graduated cum laude from Princeton University and from the New York University School of Medicine. Following training in Ob-Gyn at Mount Sinai Medical Center, he completed a Fellowship in Urogynecology at the Urocenter of New York, and returned to the Mount Sinai Faculty as the Director of the Division of Urogynecology. He entered private practice in 2003.Dr. Flisser has presented his research at the national meetings of the American Urogynecological Society, the American Urological Association, and the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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