Cartwright P S
Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Jul;70(1):44-6.
A retrospective study of 440 cases of reported sexual assault was undertaken in order to identify factors that correlated with which victims sustained physical injury. Overall, 40% sustained nongenital and 16% genital injury, but most injuries were not severe. Which victim was injured strongly correlated with her age and race, the race of her assailant, and whether he had a weapon. White victims sustained both genital and nongenital injury almost twice as often as black victims. Whether she knew her assailant was less important, unless the victim was a child. Survivors attacked by a single assailant were injured as often as survivors of a "gang rape." Conclusions drawn from these data must take into account that these victims choose to report the event to the authorities, and self-reporting bias might explain some of the findings. Approximately half the victims seen sustained no injury. Apparently, physical injury is not a inevitable consequence of being raped.
为了确定与哪些受害者遭受身体伤害相关的因素，对440例报告的性侵犯案件进行了回顾性研究。总体而言，40%的受害者遭受非生殖器损伤，16%遭受生殖器损伤，但大多数损伤并不严重。哪些受害者受伤与她的年龄、种族、袭击者的种族以及袭击者是否持有武器密切相关。白人受害者遭受生殖器和非生殖器损伤的频率几乎是黑人受害者的两倍。她是否认识袭击者不太重要，除非受害者是儿童。被单一袭击者攻击的幸存者受伤的频率与“轮奸”幸存者相同。从这些数据得出的结论必须考虑到这些受害者选择向当局报告这一事件，自我报告偏差可能解释了一些研究结果。大约一半接受检查的受害者没有受伤。显然，身体伤害并非强奸的必然结果。
