Campaign that aims to shock

RAPE is not a pleasant subject but it is an ugly fact of Scottish life. In 2006-7, nearly 1,000 rapes were reported to the police – almost three a day. And that does not include the many other sexual assaults that go unreported. A recent study conducted for Rape Crisis Scotland, which works with victims, found that one in ten men who use prostitutes say they would commit rape if they thought they would not be caught.

Much needs to be done to improve the ridiculously low conviction rate for rape in Scotland. Currently fewer than three out of every 100 reported rapes ends in a conviction. But at the same time, we need to alter social attitudes which hold that wome...