Recovery: How to Survive Sexual Assault for Women, Men, Teenagers, and Their Friends and Family Book

	Author's Note
	Preface
	Foreword
	Introduction	1
	A Definition of Rape	1
	A Definition of Recovery	2
	How You Recover	2
	For Those Close to the Victim	3
	The Cycle of Injustice	4
	Myth 1: Rape Is Sex	5
	Myth 2: The Rapist Is Motivated by Lust	6
	Myth 3: The Rapist Is a Weird Loner	9
	Myth 4: Women Provoke Rape	10
	Myth 5: Only Bad Women Are Raped	11
Pt. 1	Recovery for Women
	The Survivors' Stories	15
Ch. 1	Reactions to Rape	21
	When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	21
	A Day to a Month Later	25
	Long-term Reactions	34
Ch. 2	How to Help Yourself	41
	When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	42
	A Day to a Month Later	58
	Long-term Recovery	72
	Victims' Services	79
Ch. 3	How Others Can Help	81
	When It Happens: The First Twenty-four Hours	81
	A Day to a Month Later	88
	How Men Can Help	95
	Long-Term Help	109
Ch. 4	Prosecuting	113
	Why Bother?	113
	The Procedures	115
	How Others Can Help	127
Pt. 2	Recovery for Special Groups
	Introduction	131
Ch. 5	Rape by Husbands	133
	Wife Rape: A Definition	133
	Why Men Do It	137
	Why Women Marry Them	139
	How to Stop Rape by Husbands	142
	How to Recognize the Danger	149
	Helping Yourself Recover	151
	How Others Can Help	152
Ch. 6	Men Get Raped, Too	154
	Your Reactions	158
	Rape by Women	162
	When You and Your Partner Are Both Assaulted	164
	How to Help Yourself	165
	How Others Can Help	168
Ch. 7	The Older Victim	171
	Your Reactions	172
	How to Help Yourself	176
	The Disabled	184
	How Others Can Help	185
Ch. 8	Teenagers	188
	Who Rapes Teenagers?	188
	Your Reactions	189
	How to Help Yourself	200
	Incest	204
	How Others Can Help	206
Ch. 9	Lesbians and Gay Men	217
	Women	217
	Men	224
	Reporting and Prosecuting	231
Pt. 3	Resources
	Resources for Part One	237
	Resources for Part Two	331
	Notes	345
	Index	357