But in the 1990s, she was one of hundreds of women who officers would identify as victims in their investigation into one of Canada's worst sexual offenders: Selva Kumar Subbiah. Rape myths persistIt's a familiar feeling for all too many survivors of sexual assault, says Tamar Witelson, legal director at METRAC Action on Violence. "But these types of myths about sexual assault do persist." Survivors of sexual assault have often said they found themselves retraumatized by the adversarial nature of the criminal court system. "It's sort of like a sisterhood," but it's not a solution for the lack of support for sexual assault survivors, says Chappelle.

Source: CBC News January 28, 2017 10:02 UTC