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Do rape preconception biases not also lend unfair discrimination against an ethnic minority Defendant when the Complainant is white?

Do rape biases not act strongly in favour of Complainants in "stereotypical" rape scenarios - i.e. allegation of being dragged off the street at knifepoint - to the detriment of the Defendant?

Are rape biases against male Complainants not equally prevalent?

What about the actual numbers of people who hold these stereotypical views? Is there any evidence to suggest that, on average, there are more than two such jurors in any panel who subscribe to such outdated views? (As the presence of two or fewer in any 12 person jury will be unable to sway the outcome in terms of voting numbers)

I agree with Marshall that without access to the actual paper being referenced, such questions as those above are impossible to evaluate.