The CSA study conducted back pre-2008 was done to look at sexual assault victimization among college-aged men and women.

It's a commonly used source for the 1 in 5 women are victimized during college, despite the fact that the 1 in 5 figure included attempts. When we exclude attempts the number is reduced to 1 in 7-8, with the significant majority involving only intoxication/drugs. Curiously, this figure is close to the lifetime rates for female victims from the NISVS study, which goes to show you how inconsistent these surveys are towards getting a consensus on unreported sexual assaults.

The primary reason I bring this study up is for these 2 reasons:

  • The study did not ask any perpetrator-tailored questions towards women.

  • Made-to-penetrate victims were not counted.

Now we know, from the NISVS 2011 study, that MTP victims make up the vast majority of male victims of rape. We also have reason to believe that annual victimization rates for men and women are pretty similar. So, it stands to reason that the 1 in 27 rate seen in this CSA study, for male victims of sexual assault during college, is likely understating the prevalence by more than 100% to 1 in <<14, but perhaps closer to 200% (1 in 9). I caution against any definitive estimates from combining the NISVS and CSA study though, but the point is still valid.

This is just another example of feminist research being designed in such a way to exclude male victims and female perpetrators (according to the NISVS study, women were involved in perpetrating 37% of the rapes/MTP incidences).

From the study, p. 108:

  • forced touching of a sexual nature (forced kissing, touching of private parts, grabbing, fondling, rubbing up against you in a sexual way, even if it is over your clothes)

  • oral sex (someone’s mouth or tongue making contact with your genitals or your mouth or tongue making contact with someone else’s genitals)

  • sexual intercourse (someone’s penis being put in your vagina)

  • anal sex (someone’s penis being put in your anus)

  • sexual penetration with a finger or object (someone putting their finger or an object like a bottle or a candle in your vagina or anus.

The issue with intoxication/incapacitated related questions is that some people understand the letter of the law and know that one cannot provide consent unless sober. This may explain why over 60% of those surveyed who were considered rape victims during college didn't feel that they had been raped. This is particularly note-worthy considering that intoxication-related rapes made up a significant number of all the counted rapes in the survey (~2/3). However, I don't like to go into this rates issue too much because there is no clear solution to this subjective problem. Proportions are a much more honest representation of the problem.