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If I was raped or sexually assaulted I probably wouldn't report it... Care to CMV?

(throwaway because.)

Preface: I'm a 23 year old woman.

I believe that my life would be far worse off if I reported a rape to if I didn't. This is really really selfish reasoning here, I know, but this is what I think:

1. I watch a lot of bdsm type porn

2. I'm a 'drug user' in that I smoke pot frequently and have done for years. I've also used harder substances in the past.

3. I have previously had drunken one night stands

4. I go out and get fairly drunk semi-often - say once every two months or so I'll go to a club / pull an all nighter etc...

I believe that if I was ever raped, the following things would come out about me in court - now these aren't things I'm embarrassed about but I definitely wouldn't want my family or my employers(!) knowing about this kind of stuff. 

I also believe that the above points would make it very difficult to ever secure a conviction, so I'd probably end up further ruining my own life for no reason.

*(I say probably because I'm referring to what I understand to be the most common form of rape, acquaintance or date rape, not stranger in the bush kind of rape.)
gpt
There's a difference between reporting a rape and choosing to persecute. Ideally, you would do both. However, just reporting the rape could go a long way: if your rapist decides to rape someone else who does end up reporting the crime, the rapist already has a report against him or her. It's unproven, but it's there as evidence that there's something going on.

And, of course, that's why ideally, all rapes would be prosecuted. The justice system exists in large part to keep dangerous criminals from acting again. Rapists certainly fall into that category.