This is not to say the author is blaming the victim... but rather that a person is able to empower themselves to learn more about this epidemic crime that is hardly ever reported or prosecuted, and learn how to assess a situation where normally she would suppress her radar in order to appear agreeable.
The idea of knowing more about this crime as he outlines in this book, and arming yourself with basic self-defense techniques (both verbal and physical) could especially be helpful in a date-rape situation where the case is normally that the victim knows the attacker.
Kimberley Lindsay Wilson, author of 11 Things Mama Should Have Told You About Men.
While there are things women can do to prevent rape, a focus on women detracts attention from the need for ALL SECTORS of society, and perhaps most importantly men, to change their attitudes and behavior. This book is in the "self help" section and explicitly directed (by the subtitle) toward women, yet are women really the ones that need help, that need to change themselves? If your response is yes, then you are part of the culture that blames women for rape. The book has one whole chapter directed at what men need to do to change, but doesn't that seem quite disproportionate?
If you'd like to learn more about what REALLY needs to be done to keep rape from happening, pick up Transforming A Rape Culture. Appropriate for women AND men readers, it's a book that _will_ deliver on promises to enlighten you about the phenomenon of rape.