I paid a visit to my local precinct in Greenwich Village and
asked a sergeant to show me some rape statistics. He politely obliged.
That month there had been thirty-five rape complaints, an advance of ten
over the same month for the previous year. The precinct had made two
arrests.
"Not a very impressive record," I offered.
"Don't worry about it," the sergeant assured me. "You know what
these complaints represent?"
"What do they represent?" I asked.
"Prostitutes who didn't get their money," he said firmly,
closing the book.
-- Susan Brownmiller, "Against Our Will"
