 Virtually all feminist thinking about rape shares several underlying themes. First among these is feminists’ emphasis on “breaking the silence” around rape. Feminist thought and activism have challenged the myth that rape is rare and exceptional, showing that it is in fact a common experience in the lives of girls and women. In recent decades, this awareness emerged in feminist “speakouts” and consciousness-raising groups, where women shared their experiences of rape and other forms of abuse. It has now been amply confirmed by research: according to one study of over 16,000 Americans, 18.3% of women report having been victims of rape or attempted rape at some time in their lives (Black et al., 2011). Of these women, 42.2% were under age eighteen when they were first raped; an earlier study showed that these women were twice as likely to report having been raped as adults (Tjaden and Thoennes, 2000). Indeed, many women suffer multiple rapes in their lives: in the same earlier study, among those who reported having been raped in the past year, the average number of rapes per woman during that time period was 2.9.