Sexual assault is a serious crime and there are many ways to prevent sexuals assault from ever happening to you. In the book Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson Melinda was raped in the summer before high school. She called the police, but got scared and ran away from the party everyone knew she called the police so all of her respect was lost from everyone, even her best friend Rachel. Andy Evans had raped Melinda and was told to stop as soon as he started, he ignored that statement and continued. This registers Andy for sexual assault; here is what Melinda could’ve done to keep her respect. First she would have reduced the risk of being raped by alcohol safety. Melinda could’ve been less easy to rape as she could’ve noticed earlier and