It's not always stranger danger. This is why date rape had to become officially recognized as rape and sexual assault. Rapists usually befriend their victims: acquaintance rape. Rape is premeditated. Rapists target their victims with the intention to rape/sexually assault/sexually abuse their victims.Additional resources:
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/most-victims-know-their-attacker
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43128350
https://www.acesdv.org/about-sexual-domestic-violence/sexual-violence-myths-misconceptions/
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/146610NCJRS.pdf
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence
https://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/Mobile/Education_MythsAndFacts.aspx
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