Rape is a horrible crime. Many countries are striving to regulate it. Although… Read More (+) the United States is one the most educated countries in the world, the nation still witnesses approximately 200,000 rapes or sexual assaults a year. The problem is worse in the African countries. According to South African police, a woman is raped every 36 seconds. Many people think that rape is a sexual assault carried out by a stranger. This assumption is, in fact, incorrect. Crime statistics show that the majority of the rape victims were abused by someone they already knew. Unfortunately, some of our celebrities are rape survivors too. Read the stories of the 12 celebrities (male and female) who were sexually assaulted during their younger years. Read Less (-)
#9 Ashley Judd
The first that we really heard about her having been raped was when she mentioned it in her memoirs. She discusses it in a frank and quite open manner and indeed other women who have been raped can often take some comfort from reading about other people and their experiences as well as how they then coped with it all.
