Shocking Facts about RAPE

Shocking Facts about RAPE

1.You are safe at work.
Fact: Over 13,000women are raped on the job each year in the United States

2. Rape doesn't happen very often.
Fact: Every 6 minutes another person is raped in the United States.

3. Rape is just "no big deal".
Fact: Rape has a devastating effect on it's victims.
Nearly one-third of all rape victims will have rape-related PTSD.

4.Real rapes are only committed by strangers.
Fact: As many as 4/5 of the victims will know their attacker.

5.Women who are raped are just asking for trouble.
Fact: No one, ever, deserves to be raped. Victims cannot suffer the blame for the actions
another person uses against them.

6. Unless a weapon is used it isn't rape.
Fact: Anytime someone uses force with intercourse it is rape. The force may include weapons,
intimidation, drugs, alcohol, or a victim's own diminished mental capacity.

7. If he bought dinner she "owes" him sex.
Fact: No one "owes" sex for anything.

8. If a woman doesn't fight against her attack it isn't really rape.
Fact: Any sex act forced against another person is rape. It doesn't matter if the victim was able to
fight back or not.

9. If the victim isn't a virgin then it wasn't really rape.
Fact: Even if the victim is not a virgin and forced to have sex against that person's
wishes then it is rape.

10. Husbands can't rape their wives. It's her duty.
Fact: Many battered women have also been victims of rape by their husbands.

11. Women cry rape because they had sex and changed their minds.
Fact: Rape is the most under-reported crime in the country. Only 16% are ever reported to the police.

12. If it is really rape then the victim will report it immediately.
Fact: Most cases are reported soon after wards but many are not.
However; a full 25% percent are reported more than 24 hours after the rape occurred.

13. She really wanted to have sex so it was OK to get rough.
Fact: We all have the right to say no, to change our minds, or decide not to have sex.
It doesn't matter what activity proceeded the "no".

14. Rape only happens to women.
Fact: Men, and children are also victims of rape.

15. Rape only happens to women who are on the streets late at night.
Fact: Rape happens everywhere. It happens on the job, in our homes, in parking lots and at school.

16. I don't know anyone who's ever been raped.
Fact: Rape victims are doctors, teachers, nurses, pastor's wives, checkout clerks,
accountants, engineers or anyone. In my opinion, most people know someone who has been raped.
You may just not know who it is.