MEDIA RELEASE
11 February 2013
Awareness & talk must send relevant message that rape will no longer be tolerated
• ‘only when perpetrators face full & severe consequences will this be possible’ – Cheryllyn Dudley
ACDP Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley, today stood in solidarity with protestors when she joined in a march against Rape which culminated outside the gates of Parliament.
Dudley said: “We have been talking about the shocking rape statistics in South Africa for as long as I can remember and at least as long as I have been doing so in Parliament since 1999. The ACDP has been working at police stations helping rape victims since 1995.
“We are way past the time for more awareness campaigns and talking about rape – this must happen once the perpetrators are apprehended, sentenced and are facing the full and severe consequences of their crime. Then the awareness and talk will send a relevant message that this will no longer be tolerated.
“Research done in South Africa has revealed that one third of South African men interviewed had raped but did not see themselves as rapists because they felt entitled. The research indicated that one of the reasons men rape without giving it much thought is because they know that consequences are unlikely”, Dudley added.
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