“Outsmarting” A Date Rapist

On occasion, a Cosmopolitan magazine will appear in my home. And on occasion, I will put down the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel on gender identity and the American story that I am currently reading, pulled in by such cover teases as “Your Orgasm Face: What He’s Thinking When He Sees It.”

December’s issue, however, has a less savory headline on its cover: “How to Outsmart a Date Rapist.” Ah, yes, because the one salient characteristic of a date rapist I could identify would be his or her intellectual acumen. And goodness knows that I don’t want to get stuck playing the dumb rape victim—and that if I’m looking to get smart, fast, I’ll turn to Cosmo.

But perhaps our lady mag could find an even better title for this handy how-to—one that identified the date rapist’s most impressive skills, and instructed Cosmopolitan readers how to out-them them.

My suggestions, after the jump.

- “How to Out-date a Date Rapist”
- “How to Out-rape a Date Rapist”

Tags: Cosmopolitan, date rapists, smarts