I used to believe that when the news reported that a woman got "raped"... it meant someone caught her and hit her with a garden rake, or raked her up her back leaving nasty scratches.... and thats why it was such a horrable thing when a woman is "raked"
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- My sister just recently realized that the lyric "more than a woman" wasn't 4 letter woman!— Anne
- I thought the line in the song "more than a woman" was "four-legged woman".— boo
- I used to think that the song "Evil Woman" was "Medieval Woman". Anon
- When I was a kid I thought rape just meant someone tearing the clothes off of a woman's body.— Matt
- I used to think Art Deco was Aunt Deco, and wondered who this famously artistic woman was meant to be.Anon
- There was a custard well in my back gardenAnon