Title: California Megans Law
Headings: Myths and Facts About Sexual Assault
Myths and Facts About Sexual Assault
Most men who commit sexual offenses do not know their victim.
Most sexual assaults are committed by someone of the same race as the victim.
Most child sexual abusers use physical force or threat to gain compliance from their victims.
Most child sexual abusers find their victims by frequenting such places as schoolyards and playgrounds.
Only men commit sexual assault.
Child sexual abusers are only attracted to children and are not capable of appropriate sexual relationships.
Victims of sexual assault are harmed only when offenders use force.
If a child does not tell anyone about the abuse, it is because he or she must have consented to it.
It is common for both child and adult victims of sexual assault to wait some time before telling someone about the abuse.
If someone sexually assaults an adult, he will not target children as victims, and if someone sexually assaults a child, he will not target adults.
It helps the victim to talk about the abuse.
Sexual gratification is often not a primary motivation for a rape offender.
Offenders could stop their sexually violent behavior on their own if they wanted.
Men who rape do so because they cannot find a consenting sexual partner.
Drugs and alcohol cause sexual offenses to occur.
Victims of sexual assault often share some blame for the assault.
If a victim does not say "no" or does not "fight back," it is not sexual assault.
False reports of rape or child molestation are common, for many reasons.

Content: Most child sexual abusers find their victims by frequenting such places as schoolyards and playgrounds. False. Most child sexual abusers offend against children whom they know and with whom they have established a relationship. Many sexual assaults of adult women are considered "confidence rapes," in that the offender knows the victim and has used that familiarity to gain access to her. Only men commit sexual assault. False. While most sex offenders are male, sometimes sex offenses are committed by female offenders. Child sexual abusers are only attracted to children and are not capable of appropriate sexual relationships. False. While there is a small subset of child sexual abusers who are exclusively attracted to children, the majority of the individuals who sexually abuse children are (or have previously been) attracted to adults.