Taking a Reasonable View of Brown Sexual Assaults

equiposeur · 2015-09-24T15:09:04+00:00

The survey is designed to produce misleading results using a technique that lawyers are are taught for cross-examining witnesses who won't say what the lawyer wants them to say. In this case, the survey participants won't say they were raped/assaulted, so the survey designers manipulate them.

The technique is called the "Blue Lady," and involves never asking the question you want to ask (because you know you'll get a bad answer), but asking questions surrounding that topic and then using closing argument to claim that the witness gave an answer they never gave.

Imagine you are cross-examining a woman who is obviously cold, but will deny it. You avoid the topic of being cold, but ask questions surrounding it. You teeth are chattering, aren't they? Yes. You are shivering, aren't you? Yes. Your lips are blue? Yes. You have icicles in your hair? Yes. (But don't make the mistake of, Are you cold? No.)

Then you wait for closing argument and just declare, "She was cold." In other words, you answer the question that you never gave her the chance to answer.

It is horribly unethical to use this kind of manipulation on survey participants. Here is a novel idea: Doing a study to determine how many college students are raped or assaulted? Try asking the question, "Have you been raped or assaulted?"

Cross examination and surveys are ethically different. The lawyer believes the Blue Lady will lie and say she isn't cold because she doesn't want to lose her court case. The survey designers are worried students will honestly say they haven't been assaulted/raped.

equiposeur · 2015-09-24T14:43:34+00:00

Nice article. +1.

Title	Taking a Reasonable View of Brown Sexual Assaults
Author	EvilPundit
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Date	September 24, 2015 12:47 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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