Sioux Lookout Assault Care & Treatment Program

Here are some things you can do to try and keep yourself safe while out at parties or bars:

• Do not leave your drink unattended
• Only accept drinks from a bartender or server - not from casual acquaintances or strangers
• Get your drinks in bottles, not drinking glasses and keep your thumb over the top of the bottle
• Do not take drinks from punch bowls or open, unattended containers
• Do not share or exchange your drinks
• If your drink is left unattended - don't drink it
• Go to and from parties and bars in a buddy system - make a pact not to leave eachother no matter what happens or who you meet
• Set your sexual limits before you go out for the night and stick to them
• Be assertive with your personal limits
• Avoid going into cars with people you don't know very well
• Be prepared to provide you own transportation home
• Don't leave a party alone with someone you just met
• Be prepared to be loud if you need help or to defend yourself
• Let your parents or friends know who you are going out with

Trust your instincts  ........  you are smarter than you think.

And for you guys......

• Don't put pressure on a woman to have sex
• Don't assume you know what she wants
• Speak up if you feel you are getting mixed messages from her
• If you are confused about what she is telling you - don't have sex
• Keep in mind that alcohol and drugs impair your judgment
• Consent in not legal is someone is under the influence of alcohol or drugs and you have not been previously sexually active with them
• Know which behaviours constitutes a sexual assault