How common is it?
Unfortunately date rape is much more common than you’d believe. Most people think of rape as being committed by a stranger − an attack in a dark alley perhaps − but date rape is actually much more common than rape by a stranger.
Rape is one of the most underreported crimes and because of this it’s difficult to give exact figures.
Date rape is even more hidden because many girls and women who have been raped don’t recognise their experience as a crime − they think that because they knew their attacker it wasn’t actually rape.
- Who commits date rape?
- How common is it?
- Facts and Myths
- Abuse in relationships
- Guys as victims/survivors
- Stories
