Sentence examples for avoid being raped from inspiring English sources

But this is the same school of thought that advises women not to wear short skirts if they wish to avoid being raped.

Has he heard of Harriet Jacobs, the enslaved woman who lived in a tiny attic for seven years to avoid being raped by her master?

Common suppositions for this sudden change are family pressure and the wish to avoid being raped in retaliation for dressing secularly.

Thousands have taken part in such marches in Canada and the US, after a protest movement was sparked by the comments of a Canadian police officer suggested women should "avoid dressing like sluts" if they wanted to avoid being raped.

Mary sets out on her bicycle, bursting with romantic expectation, and returns from the pub next morning bereft, having spent the night with furniture stacked against the door to avoid being raped.

Fransen admitted telling Sharpe that Muslim men forced women to cover up to avoid being raped "because they cannot control their sexual urges", adding "that's why they are coming into my country raping women across the continent".

He also once avoided being raped at knifepoint in Paris – by pulling out a bigger knife.

We don't like the idea that avoiding being raped is the victim's responsibility.

Growing up in the dangerous inner-city of North Philadelphia in the 80s, she told me how strong she had to appear just to avoid being beaten up or raped.

Zuckerberg also fielded a question about Facebook's policy on making people use their real names rather than pseudonyms – something highlighted recently when journalist Laurie Penny was banned from the social network for using a pseudonym to avoid being trolled with rape and death threats.

Assange, who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, took refuge in the embassy in August 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden over the rape allegation.