Article here. Excerpt:
'In 2014, President Obama repeatedly made the statement that “one in five” female students experience sexual assault while in college. But in December, the Department of Justice reported the actual figure is only 2.4%. Nonetheless, the “one in five” claim served to galvanize an upsurge in legislative debate and campus activism which culminated in the UVA-Rolling Stone debacle.
Activists made other many assertions about campus sexual assault — claims that had no basis in fact. Commentators deplored how these inflammatory statements were used to create a rape “frenzy” and “panic” to force lawmakers and campus administrators to institute flawed policies.
Following are 12 myths about campus sexual assault, followed by the facts:
MYTH: One in Five College Women are Victims of Sexual Assault
FACT: The actual rate of sexual assault against college women is 0.6% per year — 2.4% over the four-year college period — according to the Department of Justice report (see graph on the right). This number includes assaults that are reported and not reported to the police.'
