'How could I have been so stupid?' Dating apps, rape, and victim guilt 

The head of the Cork Sexual Assault Treatment Centre explains to Sarah Horgan how misplaced guilt is stopping victims from coming forward

Misplaced and unwarranted guilt is preventing rape survivors from coming forward.

Nobody wants to imagine their Tinder date ending with a trip to the Sexual Assault Trauma unit. However, this is the terrifying reality for an increasing number of patients attending Cork’s South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital.

Margo Noonan, who heads the facility’s sexual assault trauma unit, described how presentations like this are becoming a grim but common occurrence that she and the medical team encounter.