This is appaling.
http://www.feministing.com/archives/015357.html
As if a rape survivor doesn’t have enough strife to deal with…Apparently rape victims in Houston (and likely other Texas cities) are being denied funding from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund and are being called on by bill collectors to pay for the evidence taken in crimes against them. FYI, a rape kit can cost up to $1,800. Like rape victims needed another reason to not report their rapes.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/19400415/detail.html#-
UPDATE: Maybe not after all? http://jezebel.com/5259454/texas-attorney-general-is-not-charging-victims-for-rape-kits
I just posted on the use of rape language in business. I suspect the word is being misappropriated there because managers feel impotent sitting at a desk all day.