daylia, I believe that those statistics do not reflect only forcible rape. Statutory rape is included, and of course those incidents swell the figures. A minor girl, whether 14 or 17 depending on which US state she is in, who has sex with an older male is the victim of rape, because the law considers her incapable of informed consent.

I guess I'm way behind the times- I thought statistics say that one woman of every eight has been raped.