"In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are risking injury. Because unless he’s quite inexperienced, he’s likely to kill you to leave no witnesses."
John Douglas
Legendary FBI profiler
Tips to Save Your Life:
Stay With People/Go To People — Do not let yourself be taken somewhere else (cops call it the "secondary crime scene"). If you do, you will live your worst nightmare because there will be no one to help you. If you are in a parking lot, a mall, a party, don't go! He will be afraid of being discovered. Conversely, if you are alone in your house or in an office, go to people. Run outside, climb out of your window, drive to a convenience store - but go where there are people so he will be afraid of being discovered.
Keep A Barrier Between You And The Bad Guy — Lock your doors. Don't open your door for anyone. Stay in your car; push a shopping cart in the parking lot. Keep something between you and him. Anything that requires more time and effort for him to get through increases his chances of being discovered and for you to choose options.
Attract Attention — More than 90% of all rapist will say something like, "don't scream or I'll kill you" or "stay quiet and you won't get hurt". They are telling you exactly what will ruin their plan. Honk the horn, scream, kick, throw things, and break things. You cannot count on people coming to your aid, but the key is to appeal to his fear that someone might come to help or even to investigate the racket.
Control His Hips And Hands — You are controlling the distance between the two of you and preventing penetration when you control his hips. And his hands are the things that are going to hurt you by choking, hitting or stabbing.
Fight Like A Girl — Don't try to fight a man like a man. Use your strongest weapons against his weakest targets. We are going to use kicks, elbows and hammer fist. You are going to attack his vulnerable targets: face, throat, groin and knees.
