I was told at a young age that rape meant killed by a knife. So on the news once, I heard that a lady was raped and then hours later shot to death. I was SO confused, and asked my parents to explain. That means I learned about Rape and Sex at the same time, in fifth grade!
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I thought that "statutory rape" were meant to rape a statue.Anon
- When I was a kid I thought rape just meant someone tearing the clothes off of a woman's body.— Matt
- when i was little i used to think that rape was where you used a rake to attack someone— terrordrone
- German tiger tanks shot out tigers, the invading army would get mauled to death by all the tigers— Bob
- My parents told me that when the ice cream van was playing music, it means he's run out of ice cream :(Anon
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari