# Does withholding the names of sexual assault victims perpetuate the stigma of rape?

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**Created:** [April 15, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-withholding-the-names-of-sexual-assault-victims-perpetuate-the-stigma-of-rape/784501 "2017-04-15T13:50:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-withholding-the-names-of-sexual-assault-victims-perpetuate-the-stigma-of-rape/784501/16 "2017-04-20T20:39:43Z")

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I know of a woman who was raped when she was 13.

Quite frankly, I wish I had not been told this. She is a strong, confident woman now in her 20’s but still it is hard for me not to think of her without thinking of this as part of her past life because the rape caused severe ramifications in her family.

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