Support a friend.
When a friend tells you they have been raped, you may feel a lot of emotions - Anger, sadness, disbelief. The most important thing you can do is to believe what your friend tells you. Your friend needs someone who will listen to them not blame them for what happened and support her/him in what she/he is going through. Your friend needs to know that she/he will not be told she/he "should have" done something different, or that she/he was "asking for it." She/he needs to feel like her/his experience is validated. By supporting your friend you help to create an environment where victims feel safe speaking out about their violent experience. This is part of creating a community of non-tolerance for violence against people.
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