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Reported historic rape to the police. The police departments in different regions of the UK are required to each do their separate part of the investigation if occurrences of violence happened in multiple regions, and they have trouble communicating with one another. Some members of the police force were surprisingly compassionate, and some were ill informed about sexual violence. Being told by a sergeant about my rape that ‘to me it sounds like a sexual assault followed by consensual sex, but not rape’ made me feel confused, worthless, and like it was my fault. How did they think it was possible for a woman to consent to sex immediately following a sexual assault?