Papilota-Diaz 53 rape myths in the medical settings while Wood (1973 in Ward 1995, 25) includes other rape myths in the criminal justice system such as “women make false accusations of rape because they have consented to sex and have changed their minds, because they are mentally sick, pregnant, malicious or fantasizing.” According to Ward (1995, 33), one of the most powerful myths in the legal system is that women fabricate rape accusations. Thus, the widely used tactic of the defense is to undermine the credibility of the complainant. In the Philippines, similar myths are also very much observable. A survey of 478 Supreme Court decisions on rape from 1961 to 1992 was conducted by WLB Inc. (2005, 209-19). These are the following: (a) rape is easily fabricated; (b) Filipina of decent repute; (c) assault on chastity, virtue or honor; (d) tenacious resistance; (e) normal conduct; (f ) crime of lust or passion; and, (g) relationship theory. The Supreme Court of the Philippines generalizes that groundless charges of rape have frequently been claimed by women actuated by sinister, ulterior or undisclosed motive (WLB Inc. 2005, 209). This belief, however, has no empirical basis. In the U.S., there are actually 60 percent rape cases which are unreported, 15 of 16 rapists never spend a day in jail (www.rainn.org/statistics). In the Philippines, a total of 3,159 rape cases were reported to the authorities countrywide in 2009 (Taliño-Mendoza, 2010 in www. preda.org/main/archives/ 2010). Taliño-Mendoza reports that the actual number of rape cases is of course much higher than those reported, possibly as many as 6,000, since many women and girls still opt not to complain to the authorities. It is improbable that reported cases are fabricated since the stigma and prejudices toward the victims are even harder to bear than the stigma credited to the accused. According to the said survey of Supreme Court decisions, rape is also considered as an assault to chastity, virtue or honor. This notion reflects the presumption of chastity in women who are young, rural, conservative or uneducated (WLB Inc. 2005, 209). It shows that judges’ sensitivity in the courtroom is only for this type of Filipina, and only those of decent reputation can only be given justice. Thus, those who are not virgins, who engage in sex for a