Surf these sites: Counselor offers tips for adjusting after rape -- Dealing with a rape victim can be trying for a roommate or close friends, but patience is important to help with healing. Many times people do not know how to react to victims of sex crimes. Helping Male Rape Victims -- For the family or loved ones of victims, this page tells you how to help. Putting a life back together after rape or sexual assault takes time, but it can be done. How To Help a Friend Who has been Sexually Assaulted -- If someone you know has been assaulted or raped you can help them in the following ways. If Someone You Love is Sexually Assaulted -- Sexual assault creates a crisis for loved ones as well as for victims. Recovery can take a long time and depends on many factors. Those closest to the victim can influence how successful recovery will be. Information for Significant Others -- As secondary victims of rape, those closest to the victim are also deeply affected by the rape. Partners And Allies of Sexual Abuse -- A compilation of resources available for partners and allies of incest, rape, and sexual abuse survivors which lists books, newsletters, Internet Resources, World Wide Web sites, and E-Mail digests. Rape Partners, Secondary Survivors -- Partners of survivors go through many of the same feelings as survivors do. There is a ripple effect when someone is raped. It affects not only the initial person but partners, family, and friends, sometimes even total strangers can be affected in ways they never imagined. The Support Group for Friends, Relatives, and Partners of Sexual Trauma Survivors -- UIUC Campus Support Group. Lots of very useful information and links for families, friends and loved ones of those that have suffered sexual abuse/assault. You are a Survivor -- Rape and sexual assault are crimes that affect many people other than the victim. The survivor of the rape is the victim, but secondary survivors (i.e. friends, spouses, family members, primary boyfriends or girlfriends, co-workers, roommates, etc.) become "secondary" victims because they are also affected. by the incident.
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