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The best predictor of the level of violence in a country is the level of violence and threats against women in that country. Dangerous Acquaintances is the first-ever representative national survey of sexual violence in the United States. Based on a survey of American college campuses, this book reveals a shocking fact: 25% of women have experienced rape or attempted rape, and more than 80% of them know the attacker. While the victimized women bravely came forward to tell the truth, staged protests and filed lawsuits, the parents of the boys involved also established some organizations, fearing that their sons would be falsely accused and even counter-sued the school. The author's investigation found that it was American culture that made rape possible. Many boys spend their teenage years being constantly flirted with by friends and older men, while many girls are told to save their first time with the right person. The writing of this book stems from the first large-scale rape study in the United States conducted by Ms. Magazine in the late 1980s. Sadly, 30 years later, statistics on acquaintance rape show that the phenomenon has not diminished. "Dangerous Acquaintances" presents numerous case studies on and off campus to help people understand rape as a cultural phenomenon and attempts to provide women and men with strategies to address the rape epidemic. The ultimate goal of exposing the prevalence of rape and sexual assault in American society to everyone's eyes is to make people think: the root of oppression lies in forgetting. Maybe we should remember: history repeats itself.