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MYTH : false allegations of rape are common

FACT : an estimated 2% of reports are false

MYTH : men can't be raped

FACT : men can be and are sexually assualted

MYTH : most sexual assaults are commited by strangers

FACT : 90% of sexual assualts are committed by someone we know

MYTH : victims provoke sexual assault by flirting, wearing sexy clothes, and by getting drunk

FACT: the belief that a victim can provoke a sexual assualt is built on the idea that perpetrators cannot control themselves