 For example, it was not uncommon at the time for police officers to question rape survivors about their sexual history or accuse them of provoking their attack.Hospitals received criticism for their treatment of rape survivors, as they had no infrastructure to appropriately treat them and physicians often minimized the seriousness of rape survivors’ injuries.Seen as a threat rather than a resource, RCCs largely had a combative relationship with mainstream organizations, a trend that has since changed.