I arrived at work just in time to fall apart. Within secure surroundings of the familiar office and seeing my boss's smiling face, the knees buckled, nausea washed over me like a tsunami and tears of hysteria rained down. I had just escaped rape. Women today are a little more street smart, but rape and sexual assault are still a big problem. That is pretty easy to obtain these days without need for force.
Rape is a crime about power and control.
Completed rapes increased by about 30,000, while the number of attempted rapes declined by about the same number. Despite the increase, sex crimes have fallen by about one-third since 1993. These statistics do not include females age 12 and under. The biggest drop came between 1991-1995. In 1999, Canadian women experienced 23,872 sexual assaults.