D ate rapes typically occur when a woman is alone with a man. If you go to a man's room or apartment or even get into his car alone, you are vulnerable.
Some men plan to have sex with a woman even if they have to force the issue.
Such a man may have forced sex before and gotten away with it. Alcohol and drugs are sometimes a significant factor in date rape. Sometimes a woman passes out and awakens to find a man having sex with her. On the other hand, some date rapes occur when alcohol is not involved or when the victim has had little or nothing to drink but the man has been drinking and becomes sexually aggressive. Mixed signals are another element in date rape.