So hospitality was given without limits-unstinted generosity could avert pillage, and there was one sure way to avoid rape.

Women may have developed several defenses against and strategies to avoid rape.

I decided I could avoid rape, but barratry I might manage, if I could find out what it meant.

The monastery is named after girls that disfigured themselves to avoid rape and murder.

The behaviour of Soviet troops also played a role, as many Germans committed suicide to avoid rape or out of shame at having been raped.

Most known cases of self-inflicted rhinotomy concern nuns who mutilated their noses in hopes of avoiding rape.

If a man wants to avoid rape, he should believe what a woman tells him.

Saddened by the death of her brother, Kristen disguised as a boy to avoid rape.

But I couldn't visualize Star not being able to handle a man so as to avoid rape without hurting his feelings.

Recent US research has shown that women who resist assault, either by showing aggression or physically fighting back double their chances of avoiding rape.