Here are the references to rape and sexual assault present in the original edition of the book (1978). A female character is described as ‘morbidly afraid of rape’ and it’s described as ‘no great loss’ when she accidentally shoots herself while trying to shoot a man she believes to be a rapist. A pregnant female character fears she will be raped whilst travelling so carries a gun, along with her three male companions. A male character says ‘have fun getting raped and murdered’ to an older female character he was engaged in a sexual relationship with during an argument. A group of male antagonists establish a group of women they travel with which they call the ‘Zoo’. They drug the women with uppers and downers throughout the day and rape them multiple times per day, orally, vaginally and anally. When they find a younger or prettier woman, they execute the oldest female in the group to make room for the younger woman. It is implied the youngest girl they had in the ‘Zoo’ was 12. The women successfully escape and have vengeance. A male protagonist has sexual intercourse with a woman who is described as looking very young, potentially as young as 15, it is implied she could ‘appear old as you wanted her to be’. An adult woman engages in a sexual relationship with a teenage boy in order to corrupt him. A female character is raped repeatedly by the main protagonist until she becomes pregnant. She is unable to speak after this experience. This second summary concerns the 1990 uncut version of the book. Some of these scenes may or may not appear in the previous edition. In the backstory of a villain, it is told that he attempted to sexually assault a woman. A man approaches a male character and his female compantion, trying to purchase the woman. Later, these same men are in search of the woman, it is implied that if they were to find her, they would assault her. But they are unable to find her. When two groups of main characters meet up, a young man accuses an older one of wanting to "use" his female friend. Later on, the two men have a brief discussion about sexual assault. A male protagonist is seduced by, and has sex with a 17 year old. In a character's backstory, we learn he has been sexually assaulted in prison. The same character later mentions that he knows the result of war will be rape and murder, but he does not care. Later, a character rapes a vulnerable male character with the barrel of a gun and forces him to masturbate him, stating he will shoot if he does not continue. It is implied the vulnerable male character has been routinely abused before and is ‘used to it’. After being stalked, the main group gets ambushed by men who are revealed to keep women as sexual slaves, it is heavily implied that some of them were children. After a fight, women are rescued and talk about their experiences, traumatised. The main villain meets up with a woman. They begin to consentually touch. However the woman changes her mind before the act, but he brutally sexually assaults her. It is shown that she is pregnant and deeply traumatised after.