Women don't lie about rape. This is no higher than false reports for any other crimes. It is currently estimated that one out of ten men are victims of assault sexual and one out of seven are sexually abused as children. Speaking out about sexual assault might be an essential part of the recovery process for survivors. However, no survivor should ever be forced to speak, publicly of privately, before they are ready.
Every survivor is the expert on their own recovery.
For many, recovery becomes an ongoing process of change and empowerment that can continue for 1,3,5 or 20 years after an assault. Estrich, Susan, Real Rape, Harvard University Press, 1987. Kelly, Liz, Surviving Sexual Violence, University of Minnesota Press, 1988. Henry Holt and Col, 1986. Stanko, Elizabeth A.,Women's Experience of Male Violence, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985.