# RAAP (Rape Assistance & Awareness Program) volunteers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333 "2013-11-07T15:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/61 "2013-11-16T18:02:28Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > What criminal is stupid enough to attack a visitor when it would be ridiculous easy for them to be tracked down? Thankfully most of them are that stupid. For me its called job security. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/62 "2013-11-16T18:46:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thankfully most of them are that stupid. For me its called job security. I always wonder about that; it seems that criminals are unbelievably stupid, but I guess if they weren’t unbelievably stupid, they wouldn’t be getting caught (or doing stupid crimes in the first place). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/63 "2013-11-16T19:43:23Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > What criminal is stupid enough to attack a visitor when it would be ridiculous easy for them to be tracked down? I’m not thinking stupid. I’m thinking crazy, and the young lady in the OP, by her size, standing very near the door, and apparent aloneness, made it easy for a deranged person to grab her as a target of opportunity. It doesn’t happen often, probably because you need insanity and naivety to intersect in the right conditions, but it is a situation women should be trained to avoid. You, OTOH, seem to be situationally aware and carry a 'tude like a weapon. You are likely too scary to attract any but the very craziest crazy stranger. ETA: And her stone sexy parka could drive many a man to sexual violence. Was it down filled? Did it make her look like the Michelin Man? Because that is a hot look. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/64 "2013-11-16T20:38:18Z")
Seems women are gonna get shit, no matter what they do. I do a lot of walking. I will walk through the shittiest alley when my gut tells me its okay to do. My experiences have equipped me with a set of habits and tendencies, both conscious and unconscious, that give me a sense of security. They may actually keep me safe, I don’t know. A guy that catches me walking on a regular basis is always telling me I need to smile more and not look so “mean”. That “mean” face? It’s my way of keeping the freaks like him away from me. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/65 "2013-11-17T15:23:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You, OTOH, seem to be situationally aware and carry a 'tude like a weapon. You are likely too scary to attract any but the very craziest crazy stranger. Nope. I don’t walk around in fear for my safety, so I don’t go around carrying weapons. Haven’t been violently attacked once. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/66 "2013-11-17T20:00:08Z")
Ah, but a bad-assed attitude is a part of you and needn’t be put on like a holster. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/67 "2013-11-17T20:42:02Z")
There’s nothing at all scary and intimidating about **you**. Granted, she’s got a mean arm when it comes to weaponized Monchichis. But otherwise, she’s a very laid-back person. No 'tude at all. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/68 "2013-11-17T21:24:21Z")
So you’re the older sister, eh? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/69 "2013-11-17T21:29:04Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > So you’re the older sister, eh? She is. By one minute. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/70 "2013-11-17T23:30:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I always wonder about that; it seems that criminals are unbelievably stupid, but I guess if they weren’t unbelievably stupid, they wouldn’t be getting caught (or doing stupid crimes in the first place). The smart ones do credit card fraud. Low risk, high reward. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/71 "2013-11-18T00:45:33Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > She is. By one minute. So she’s the Evil Twin. Funny how early that manifests itself. We figured out which of ours was the Evil Twin before they were one. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/72 "2013-11-18T02:03:07Z")
Now, now. Serial killer Jerry Brudos murdered a female encyclopedia salesperson who knocked on his door, so the scenario **The Great Sun Jester** finds plausible has actually happened. Once. Forty-five years ago. So obviously it is very foolish for any woman to knock on any door, ever. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/73 "2013-11-18T02:52:49Z")
Then I’m glad we agree. Mind you I don’t know whether you’ve really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopaedias… 😉 Actually, serials are not the problem. They are outliers of outliers, and very rare. My concern is with your friendly, neighborhood psycho getting a crazy idea in his head. Those guys aren’t rare enough. I blame Ronald Reagan for emptying the mental hospitals to save money by “mainstreaming” mental patients without actually providing them with the care they needed, but I should probably find a more recent bête noire. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333/74 "2013-11-18T04:29:53Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Taking reasonable precautions to ensuring one’s personal safety. For example, when going door to door in a strange neighborhood at night, go in pairs, not alone. How do you know they weren’t working in pairs? but instead maybe taking one driveway each? Or one side of the street? With an update after every house? It seems to me - not being allowed to knock on a door at 7pm places undue restrictions on ladies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raap-rape-assistance-awareness-program-volunteers/673333.md?page=3)