what % of women don't report rape when they know the attacker?

Question

I am wondering how many women don't report a rape or sexual assault when they know the attacker whether it is a friend or relative.

Answer 1

There is no way, to my knowlege, to accurately answer this question. Most women don't report stranger rape! Aquaintance rape is even more horrible and complicated. As a survivor of both, I can offer you this. Stranger rape can be religated to random violence, societal decay and lots of other catch phrases. When assaulted by someone you know (or thought you did), your world doesn't just get turned upside down but it tilts, too. Rape is a crime of violence and control, not sex. It is an act of violence and control using sex as the weapon.
Not telling may come from not wanting to destroy other family members, not wanting to lose friends who are associated with the rapist, fear of not being believed and being cast out exactly at the time you need family and friends the most. It may also come from a quiet doubt in yourself as to whether you had something to do with the rape happening.
Your brain knows you did nothing wrong and please know, if you are a victim, YOU DID NOTHING WRONG! Since you are alive, you did something right. You survived. You won. You are alive and asking questions.
Reporting a family member may mean breaking up your family, losing primary incomes or denying relatives those things. Putting your father or brother or whomever on trial is not easy. Putting a friend in jail may mean losing other friends. And, it always means going under the microscope yourself. BUT, it may also mean that you are saving other women/girls the fate you suffered. It may mean other victims will see your strength and finally admit that they were raped, too.
Sexual predators never stop. No rapist rapes once. Ever. It's okay to be afraid. Just don't let being afraid get in the way of healing, speaking up and changing from a victim to a survivor. Start with a rape hotline and go from there. Take it 5 minutes at a time. Take it 1 minute at a time, if need be. Report the rape to the hotline, at least. The best revenge is living and living well.

Answer 2

I wonder what percentage don't report rape, period. After all, in rape cases, if it goes to trial, it is the woman who is really on trial, the defense can bring up every sexual encounter she has ever had and attack her morals and lifestyle. Even though that has nothing to do with it, only the encounter that led to the rape is relevant. But it seems to be the norm to try to blacken the victim. And there is often the attitude that the victim asked for it. It most be so much harder if the attacker is in your circle of friends.

Answer 3

the subject is that first of all very few human beings wil settle for the fac that a guy (or a male of any age) could be raped by applying yet another guy. as an occasion, while i become in grammer college, there become a boy that were moloested by applying a male kin member. He become, for some years after this grew to become huge-unfold, dealt with like HE become the only that had completed something incorrect. He become bullied, teased, stated as each form of degrading names. that's some distance worse for adult males. in the event that they're believed in any respect it is going to become a plenty greater degrading adventure becasue the court case ofgter come out to them having to coach that they are no longer gay and that the rape is little greater beneficial than a fanatics quarel. adult males are envisioned to be the agressors in assaults, or to have the ability to fend off such an attacker and that's believed, becasue of the progression of anatomy that a male must be a participant to verify that ANY sexual intercourse to take place. The embarrassment in many cases wins out over something.

Answer 4

I'm not sure of the exact number but I know it is a fairly high percentage. All the reasons stated previously are factors for not reporting rape but for every one woman who falsely reports a rape and is discoverd to be lying, a multitude of women then suffer because real attacks are easily doubted.

I'd like to know what percentage of rape that IS reported turns out to be false accusations.


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Answer 5

more than 50% - just learned this in a women's studies class. I don't have my notes handy, but the number could be higher.

Looking at my notes from university research: only 1 out of 10 women report rape. 90% . . .let me repeat 90% DO NOT REPORT!

Answer 6

I'm sure it's quite a few. It get alot harder for a woman to report it when the attacker is someone she knows. You have family and friends to consider, who you feel would not believe you. You want to reach out but fear holds you back.

Answer 7

the last time I heard it was a figure somewhere below 10% that do report the rape. so that would be 90% don't report.

i think that 2% of women win their cases but otherwise i dont know.

Answer 8

Who ever it is, One should always report the attacker. That way you'll be preventing him from attacking more people.

Answer 9

i really dont know sorry