“Rapes by acquaintances, compared with strangers, were more likely to involve a single offender and multiple episodes, were less likely to be seen as rape or to be revealed to anyone, and were similar in terms of the victim’s resistance. In general, acquaintance rapes were rated as less violent than stranger rapes. The exception was rapes by husbands or other family members which were rated equally violent to stranger rapes but were much less likely to occur in a context of drinking or other drug use. In spite of these different crime characteristics, virtually no differences were found among any of the groups in their levels of psychological symptoms.”

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Stranger and Acquaintance Rape: Are There Differences In the Victim’s Experience?

“VIRTUALLY NO DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND AMONG ANY OF THE GROUPS IN THEIR LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS”

“VIRTUALLY NO DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND AMONG ANY OF THE GROUPS IN THEIR LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS”

“VIRTUALLY NO DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND AMONG ANY OF THE GROUPS IN THEIR LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS”

Read it, remember it, and STOP repeating bullshit.

cc: Richard Dawkins

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(Source: pwq.sagepub.com, via bansheeandahunter-deactivated20)