I however, hold that any person who has been raped and does not report it is personally responsible - if not liable - for not reporting that rape. This prompted a friend of mine to write:

I can not believe that you are advocating taking a person who has been traumatized and the again forcing them to do something against their will.

I'm going to steal a slogan here:

"Never again."

I can only suppose you know whose slogan that is, and the atrocities that spawned it. Even if you don't, that should give you a clue as to where I'm going.

Rapists are very frequently repeat offenders - statistically more so than most other violent criminals. Here we have a perfect example of the quote: "The true test of courage is not to die, but to live." [1]

Without /each/ and /every/ woman (AND MAN - male rapes are even more under reported than female) dedicated to stopping such things, without having the courage to realize that it wasn't their fault, without having the character to do what they know is right,they are virtually guaranteeing that someone else will also have to experience the same traumatic experience.

If you don't want to even /remember/something, how can you possibly take the /chance/ that the same thing will happen to someone else?

Never again.

[1] Tom Robbins, _Another Roadside Attraction_ - though he'd probably shriek to know how he was being quoted!