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The Domestic Abuse Shelter of Knox County

If You Know Someone Who Has Been Raped

  • Believe them!
  • Listen to them
  • Provide comfort and support
    Ask them if there is anything you can do or get for them
  • Let them know it wasn't their fault
    They did not deserve what happened to them
  • Offer protection of a safe place to stay
  • Suggest calling a Rape Crisis Center
  • Encourage the rape victim to preserve evidence
  • Discuss with the rape victim the importance of a medical exam
  • Empower the rape victim
    Don't try to take control of the situation. Allow your friend to have control over her own life right now.
  • Recognize that they may need some personal space and time.
  • Discuss their options.
    Medical exam. Police Report. Counseling.
  • Be there for them in whatever way they need you.
  • Learn about rape trauma syndrome.
  • Recognize your own limits.

Adapted from OCOSA OUTREACH summer 1993. Article by Terri Spahr Nelson, MSSW