Thousands of Women Victims of Date Rape
BYLINE: Deborah Haynes
Smiling politely, a woman in a nightclub clinks glasses with the man who bought her a drink. The next thing she remembers is waking up in bed feeling sick and smelling of aftershave. She had been raped.
Sarah, not her real name, is one of thousands of people in Britain each year who have their drinks spiked with drugs or alcohol while on a night out and are sexually assaulted - often ending up with little memory of the attack.
The 29-year-old from Greater Manchester, northern England, can hazily recall being led to a private area of the nightclub before being raped on a table.
"I did not even know what was happening to me," Sarah said. "I thought I was going to sleep on the table. I was just helpless."
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Publication information:
Article title: Thousands of Women Victims of Date Rape.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Cape Times (South Africa).
Publication date: August 8, 2006.
Page number: 8.
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