(January 6, 2012 at 10:28 pm)Shell B Wrote: Furthermore, you will need to take into account that rape used to go unreported as it was embarrassing and even dangerous for a woman to admit a man forced her to have sex with him. Even today it goes unreported. That is something I know for a fact. I like facts, chip.
I know more than one woman who has been raped in her life, and did not report it. I have no reason to believe that this is any different than in the past, though the rates of reporting has probably changed due to societies attitudes towards rape victims.
Given the biblical attitude towards rape victims, I seriously doubt it was frequently reported at all. Which, incidentally, removes one of the incentives to not rape.