Here is a number for you: 354,670. That is the number of women that were raped in 1995 (RAINN 1). That is equivalent of one woman being raped every two minutes (RAINN 1). "In the last two years, more than 787,000 women were the victim of a rape crime or sexual assault" (RAINN 1). And one more statistic that might catch your attention is that only 37% of rapes are reported to the authorities (RAINN 2). Fortunately, there are ways to dramatically reduce …showed first 75 words of 1231 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1231 total…will decline over time. And besides, that 1995 total of rapes 354,670 is 354,670 too many. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited 1) Avery, Byllye and Rodriguez-Trias, Helen and Steinem, Gloria. 1992. Our Bodies Our Selves. 2) http://www.gopher.uchicago.edu/70/00/ustudent/sexab/AcquaintanceRape/whatis 3)Hughes, Jean O'Gorman. 1987. "Friends Raping Friends-Could It Happen to You? 4) www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/aquaintRape.html#how 5) http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/rootdir/menus/sigs/life/feminism/safety/rape 6) RAINN http://feminist.com/rainn.htm