A study conducted by the National Crime Victim Center indicates that it is common for rapists to continue raping until they are caught. What often keeps them from being caught is not poor police work, but rather the fact that so many sexual assaults are never reported.
Why? The answer is simple: victims have seen what happens when a rape is reported.
Women know that when they report being raped, public reaction will probably be against them. The police, the press, attorneys and even friends and family will want to know what she wore, what she drank, what she was doing there, and what she did to "lead him on." A male victim has the additional burden of being labeled weak or having his masculinity questioned.
A rapist is responsible for his actions. Rape does NOT result from men not being able to control their need for sex. Rapists use sexual violence as a way to achieve power and control over another individual. Rapists are not motivated by a need for sex. Humans are capable of controlling how they choose to act on or express sexual needs and urges.
Nobody deserves to be raped. And a rape victim doesn’t deserve to be re-victimized by the professionals she turns to for help and support.