What do people think they know?

I was instructed to read up on the myths and facts that surround rape and rape culture in our society. As a class, we came up with many things in which we felt acknowledged certain myths about rape.

Myths:
1. Rape is black and white; no grey areas.
2. There is an overestimation of unreported rapes and false accusations.
3. Speaking about one's experience to the media, is healing. 
4. Only one rape happens per rapist. 
5. Physical evidence is unimportant. 
6. Rapes are done by strangers. 

-We believed as a class, that society tends to push certain values onto women, even at a young age. 
-Doing what society tells women to do, has created a social paradigm. 

-There are many incentives as to why these problems should be solved. Accuracy of information and awareness should be available to everyone, in order to minimize their risks for being caught in bad situations. If people felt more of the understanding that these sorts of things can really happen to anyone, than they would be minimizing their risks as well. If it were possible to change the cultural perceptions of rapes, rather than how they are portrayed by the media, than these understandings about rapes would be more widely spread.

Changing the Kairos that surrounds rape and rape culture:
-Reporting can stop a rapist from raping again. Rapists often times have multiple victims. Therefore, if you can report a rapist, than you can also stop them from having any other victims. This would change the motivation in terms of rapists, law enforcement, and the victims of rape and sexual abuse. There may also be more incentive to spend resources towards getting a rapist off the streets. We must change our definition of rape, as well as the problems it poses in our society. Also, rape is full of grey areas-in fact, I believe it is all grey. Everyone must know the facts versus the myths of rapes.