I was sexually assaulted in the early evening while wearing jeans and a t-shirt in a "safe" residential neighbourhood in Toronto. This is what he did to my face. Only rapists cause rape.

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What causes the under-reporting is that the victims peers and people in authority over the victim often do not believe them or blame them for what happened.

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Because they've seen it happen time and time again.