Potential jurors unsure about rape without violence, flirting, when you can change your mind, rape in long-term relationships and 'stealthing'. Over 65s least likely to perceive ‘non-consensual sex’ as rape
A new survey of attitudes to rape and sexual violence published today (6 December) reveals:
A third (33%) of people in Britain think it isn’t usually rape if a woman is pressured into having sex but there is no physical violence
A third of men think if a woman has flirted on a date it generally wouldn’t count as rape, even if she hasn’t explicitly consented to sex (compared with 21% of women)
A third of men also believe a woman can’t change her mind after sex has started
Almost a quarter (24%) think that sex without consent in long-term relationships is usually not rape (1).
The End Violence Against Women Coalition commissioned the YouGov survey of around 4,000 people across Great Britain in order to examine why rape, a very common and extremely harmful crime, is still so difficult to tackle at a time when reports to police are increasing exponentially
Here is the full report including the main findings and methodology
Here are the data tables and questions asked