The Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio, Texas - Serving children, women, and men
24hr. Hotline: 210.349.7273
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MYTH: Rape = Sex
FACT: People commit rape for power, control & domination.
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MYTH: Rapist are sex-starved perverts.
FACT: Most rapists are married, or have a regular, consenting sex partner.
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MYTH: I could never be raped.
FACT: Unfortunately, every one is vulnerable to rape.
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MYTH: Strangers commit rape.
FACT: Nationally, 82% of rape victims know the person who raped them. According to the San Antonio Police Department in 1,750 cases
committed from 1999 through 2001, 92% of the victims knew their perpetrators.
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MYTH: Rape happens in bad neighborhoods, down dark alleys.
FACT: Most rapes happen in the home of the victim, the rapist, or a friend.
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MYTH: Some women ask to be raped by the way they dress.
FACT: Rapists choose their victims based on availability, not on the way they look.
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MYTH: If a women gets drunk and leads a guy, then she ‘asked' to be raped.
FACT: A person who is drinking or using drugs CANNOT consent to sex under any circumstance. The other individual is expected to
know consent cannot be given.
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MYTH: Men can't control themselves. If he's turn on and can't stop, it's her fault.
FACT: Every one can control his or her actions. Raping someone is an action. Each person is responsible for his her own actions.
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MYTH: Women often lie about being raped to get back at a guy or to get revenge.
FACT: False reports of rape are very rare. It is difficult to lie about rape because of the medical exam, the investigation, and
most importantly, the shame involved.
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MYTH: You can pick out a rapist by the way he looks.
FACT: Rapists can be young, old, rich, poor, good-looking, ugly, male, female, smart or stupid. You cannot pick a rapist out of a crowd.
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MYTH: Men cannot be raped.
FACT: Approximately 111,000 adult men are raped in America every year.
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MYTH: Rape is ‘just sex she/he didn't want'.
FACT: Rape is about violence. Sex is being used as a weapon against someone's will.
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MYTH: All women really want to be raped.
FACT: No one wants to be raped. Women do not like rape.
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MYTH: ‘No' sometimes means ‘Yes' or ‘Try harder'.
FACT: No always means no.
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MYTH: If someone never says, ‘No,' it can't be called rape.
FACT: The law says consent must be a verbal agreement. The person has to say "yes."
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MYTH: Rape victimes are ‘damaged goods' or no longer virgins.
FACT: Being raped does not fundamentally change the character, the values, the strengths, or the positive attributes of
the victim. It is a bad thing that happened TO them, not because of them.
