From ‘she was drunk’ to ‘why didn’t she report?’: The myths around rape Rape myths create unrealistic expectations about how survivors should behave and can make sexual violence harder to report and prosecute. Gender 2 hours ago
Straight men, trans people, non-binary people, lesbians and gay men are all erased from the myth of “real rape” by their separation from the ideal victim construction.
Rape myths are a set of false beliefs that minimise, erase or justify men’s choice to commit sexual violence.
In 2025, the Australian Law Reform Commission reported the system is failing victim survivors – and failing in its purpose – because it is not holding the men and boys (or anyone else) who commits rape and sexual assault accountable for their choice to commit these crimes.
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