Today marks the last day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2018. Survivors and advocates spend an unbelievable amount of time trying to convince people that rape culture is real. From the folks at Ultraviolet comes the infographic above that dispels some common myths used to delegitimize the experiences of survivors of sexual violence and can be used throughout the year to move past myths and lies and hopefully engage in deeper dialogue.
(Thanks to Break The Silence Day on Facebook for putting this on my radar. Some versions of the graphic have citations at the bottom, but they seem to be a lower resolution. The sources can be found on Ultraviolet’s website and are copied below.)
– Brett
1. Reporting Sexual Assault: Why Survivors Often Don’t, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, retrieved June 8, 2016
2. Tens of thousands of rape kits go untested across USA, USA Today, July 7, 2015
3. Top Ten Things Advocates Need to Know, University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women, December 2011
4. The Psychological Impact of Rape Victims’ Experiences with Legal, Medical, and Mental Health Systems, American Psychologist, November 2008
5. Males Are More Likely to Suffer Sexual Assault Than Be Falsely Accused Of It, Huffington Post, December 8, 2014
6. 97 of every 100 Rapists Receive No Punishment, RAINN Analysis Says, RAINN, March 27, 2012
