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Did you read the stats in the original post? "Surveys with high response rates also imply that sexual assault is a serious problem. The Michigan study found th
by diamondcutter 11y ago
Did you read the stats in the original post?
"Surveys with high response rates also imply that sexual assault is a serious problem. The Michigan study found that 12 percent of undergraduate women had experienced non-consensual penetration within the past year; the Stanford survey found that 12 percent had experienced attempted or completed non-consensual penetration since arriving at Stanford; the Department of Justice found that 3 percent had experienced rape or attempted rape within the last 7 months."
Is your claim that those numbers are not high, or that those numbers are somehow unreliable even though the surveys have high response rates?
- omginternets 11y agoMy claim is that campus rape is (probably) not a serious problem in terms of incidence. The implication in my statement is that the phrase "serious problem", in this context, is generally used to imply that campus rape has reached epidemic proportions. There is much evidence to the contrary, as mentioned in the article.
- spacemanmatt 11y agoSeems like you didn't read the article.
- omginternets 11y agoNo, I did. It seems like you're missing my point, which is that the authors of this article are referring to absurd and dishonest rhetoric despite not adhering to that view. I get that they're not in support of the idea that campus rape is an epidemic, and I also get that my gripe is minor.