What remains invisible in the discourse, contributes to perpetuating multilayered inequalities through discourse. Stereotypical representations, under-representations, hyper-representations, or misrepresentations regulate rape myths, and consequently, particular ways of seeing and behaving of those inside or outside the cultural boundaries. It has, therefore, been studied if and how rape victims and perpetrators have been visually represented and framed in the digital illustrations on rape in Pakistan. Discrepancies concerning identity construction of the rape victims and rapists as well as the depiction of multifarious socio-semiotic dimensions of rape have been analyzed. Thirty-five digital illustrations appearing in 32 blogs and news articles published on rape cases in Pakistan have been purposively selected and studied based on ideational metafunction suggested by Kress and van Leeuwen. Results reveal under-representation of rapists and perpetrators, law enforcement, survivors, and existing myths regarding revenge rape, child abuse, gang rape, marital rape, and gender-based victimhood. The study has implications for semiotics, rape studies, gender studies, and digital discourse.

在话语中仍然看不见的东西，通过话语使多层的不平等长期存在。刻板印象，代表不足，过度代表或歪曲代表了强奸神话，因此，以特殊的方式来观察和表现文化边界内外的人们。因此，已经研究了在巴基斯坦关于强奸的数字插图中，是否以及如何形象地描绘和构筑了强奸受害者和肇事者。分析了有关强奸受害者和强奸犯的身份建构以及对强奸的各种社会符号学尺度的描绘的差异。根据Kress和van Leeuwen提出的概念元功能，有目的地选择和研究了32篇关于巴基斯坦强奸案的博客和新闻文章中出现的数字插图，并进行了研究。结果显示，强奸犯和犯罪者，执法人员，幸存者的人数不足，以及有关报复强奸，虐待儿童，帮派强奸，婚姻强奸和基于性别的受害者的现有神话。该研究对符号学，强奸研究，性别研究和数字话语具有重要意义。