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5 Myths About Sexual Assault

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Miss A

Thu, March 26, 2009

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    1. Rapists are evil strangers who lurk about and prey on unsuspecting victims. The reality is that roughly 80% of victims know their assailant. Sadly, many of the victims are targeted by those they love: wives by husbands, and children by parents. There is no one race,...
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Gary
5/17/09 4:26pm

3. Most accusations are false. Actually, the majority of rapes are never reported to the authorities, and false accusations are no higher for rape than other crimes. 

 I don't doubt the first part of this statement but the last half is extremely hard to believe.  I sure would like to see some proof of this statement "false accusations are no higher for rape than other crimes".  Is this a percentage of reported cases or on total cases?

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