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RAPE MYTHS

 

 

RAPE DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN

RAPE IS NOT A BIG DEAL. IT IS JUST SEX.

ONLY STRANGERS COMMITE REAL RAPES.

WOMEN WHO WERE RAPED WERE ASKING FOR IT.

UNLESS A WEAPON IS USED, IT WASN'T RAPE.

IF HE BOUGHT DINNER SHE "OWES" HIM SEX.

IF SHE DIDN'T FIGHT BACK, IT WASN'T REALLY RAPE.

HUSBANDS CAN'T RAPE THEIR WIVES. IT'S HER DUTY.

WOMEN CRY RAPE BECAUSE THEY HAD SEX AND CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

IF IT'S REALLY RAPE, THE VICTIM WILL REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY.

SHE REALLLY WANTED TO HAVE SEX, SO IT WAS OK TO GET ROUGH.

RAPE ONLY HAPPENS TO WOMEN.

RAPE ONLY HAPPENS TO WOMEN ON THE STREETS LATE AT NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN RAPED.

A WOMAN WHO GOES TO THE HOME OR THE APARTMENT OF THEIR DATE IMPLIES THAT SHE IS WILLING TO HAVE SEX.

ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF WOMEN CAN GET RAPED.

THE MAJORITY OF RAPE VICTIMS ARE PROMISCOUS AND HAVE BAD REPUTATIONS.

MANY WOMEN "CRY RAPE" TO GET BACK TO THE MEN THEY ARE ACCUSING.

WOMEN OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET RAPED THAN WHITE WOMEN.

WHEN A WOMAN SAYS "NO," SHE REALLY MEANS "YES."

ALL WOMEN HAVE A SUBCONSCIOUS DESIRE TO BE RAPED.

WOMEN WHO WEAR SHORT SKIRTS OR TIGHT TOPS ARE LOOKING FOR SEX.

WOMEN WHO CLAIM THEY WERE RAPED ARE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR ATTENTION.

University Counseling Center
Division of Student Affairs
Binghamton University
LN 1202 777-2772
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Elizabeth Droz, Ph.D.
Director
Phone: (607)777-2772
Last updated/reviewed:
May 12, 2008