Last week, Los Angeles saw some modern heroes in their midst. At a swanky restaurant, three friends were having dinner when they noticed that a man a couple of tables over had slipped something into his date’s drink after she left for the bathroom. Determined, the three friends followed the woman to warn her. They not only warned this woman, but they also worked with the restaurant security to bring police to the scene and get the man arrested.
Sonia Ulrich and her two friends are a perfect example for how we, as women, should watch out for one another. The threat of rape is everywhere and can come from anyone, as the night's events revealed. The woman who was potentially in danger was put there by a man who she claimed “was one of her best friends.”
On social media like Facebook and Tumblr, woman share their stories of how they were protected by a fellow female. The stories ranged from simply walking a woman to her car after hearing a group of guys talk about following her, to standing guard for a 14 year old girl while she waits for her mom to pick her up at the local mall.
These events greatly impact any party involved; it shows potential victims how something so simple can impact their life, it sets examples for other people to always look after someone in danger—even if they’re a stranger—and it may even deter predators intentions as stories like this one make national news.
It’s on us to keep each other safe and to make an example to predators that we will not look the other way anymore. It’s on us to stand together and stop rape.
