Koss seeks to explain this statistic by pointing out that since women are socialized to feel that that sort of behavior is acceptable, it makes sense that they would return to their attacker. They could also feel guilty or shameful, so they fool themselves into thinking that the attacker really cares for them, or that the attacker is truly sorry. Sommers also denouncess Koss' survey results by comparing it to the extremely low rape statistics reported to numerous universities. Koss would probably argue that most college women were probably under the influence of alcohol or on a date when they were raped, and most likely didn't have any evidence to back up their story. The fact that Sommers even brings up that most rape cases are dropped due to lack of evidence seems completely irrational.
Rape is probably one of the most difficult crimes to convict, and the most humiliating.
Is it any wonder that college-aged girls would not want to proceed with all of the legal proceedings involved with getting a conviction. An interesting point that Sommers brings up is the serious misallocation of funds. Millions of dollars are spent every year on programs and methods to combat rape on college campuses. Politicians get votes when they run platforms on the issue of safety. In poor urban communities where the cases of reported rape are high, and the cases of unreported rape are probably even higher, women's shelters get a grossly disproportionate amount of money.