Why don’t women report?
Research shows that women are less likely to report rape than they are to report domestic violence. One of the main reasons for this is fear of being disbelieved by the police. So immediately, there is a large figure of sexual violence that never gets reported. Rape is an attack on the integrity of the woman’s body and on her own autonomy. She may feel powerless to report, particularly if threat of further violence was made. Due to the intimate nature of the crime, she may feel reluctant to submit herself to the invasiveness of a forensic examination and/or questioning from the police.
