The Truth About Rape

Myth: Rape only happens to women.
Truth: Men can be raped, women can be raped, and no one is exempt!

Myth: Rape only happens by strangers.
Truth: Idaho rape victims know the assailant 80% of the time.

Too many women don't report rape because they think it is only real rape, if a stranger jumps out of the bushes and rapes them.

Myth: Most victims deserved to be raped and were asking for it.
Truth: It is never the victim's fault. Nobody deserves to be raped.

Myth: Most rapes happen in an unfamiliar surrounding.
Truth: Most rapes happen in a residence home (80%).

Myth: Rapists only rape once, they won't do it again.
Truth: Once an assailant rapes once, they will rape again and again.

Myth: Victims can handle the after effects of the rape by themselves.
Truth: Victims go through many emotions and need professional counseling

Myth: Most rape victims have external bruises and injuries.
Truth: Very few rape victims have visible external physical injuries.

Myth: It takes a victim a couple of months to get back to their normal life.
Truth: A victim with help will recover within 2-5 years, a lifetime without

RAPE IS VIOLENCE NOT SEX!
Sex forced or against your will is rape.
Rape is an act of force, violence, and humiliation.
A person who rapes seeks power and control.
A person can be raped, whether young, old, rich, poor, no one is exempt.
Even men can be raped.
Nearly 10% of men have been raped or sexually abused as children.

NO ONE WANTS TO BE RAPED!
It is never the victim's fault.
Rape is an act done to someone.
Nobody deserves to be raped.
Most rapes are committed by someone the victim knows.
Most rapes occur in someone's home.