Aisling Curtis | Senior Staff Writer If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article you can contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre at 1 800 778 888 and www.drcc.ie, Samaritans Ireland at 116 123, or Trinity Counselling at (01) 8961407 and www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling. —ADVERTISEMENT Despite evidence that around 90 per cent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone the victim knows, the contemporary myth is nevertheless this: a stranger in a dark and isolated place, brutalising a woman who wandered into an attack. This clichéd victim has become the standard against which the media, the law, and the average person evaluate claims … Continue reading Debunking The Rape Myth
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