# Sexual assault: Why do people not always report it in?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-why-do-people-not-always-report-it-in/667136>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 25, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-why-do-people-not-always-report-it-in/667136 "2013-08-25T17:21:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-why-do-people-not-always-report-it-in/667136/21 "2013-08-26T03:10:56Z")

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> [@aNewLeaf](#):
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> If I was a woman and I’d been raped and I’d been hurt by it, I’d probably want medical care, at least an exam by a nurse.  
> But I totally can understand not wanting it. What I meant to be saying is it’s as gentle as possible in my state as a matter of course.

It may be as gentle as possible, but it involves scraping the girly equivalent of your little head.

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