rape and shame and honor in...THE US

"Most rape victims - 61 percent - are so ashamed, afraid, or just plain traumatized that they never report the crime, statistics show..."I was afraid to say anything to my family, or to even report the rape to police," she said..."A lot of my family blamed me for what happened, and today I have no contact with most of them," she said. "They looked at me as damaged goods."