Buzzfeed suggest that: "A Third Of Male Students Say They'd Rape A Woman If There Were No Consequences" based on a sample size of 86. EIGHTY SIX.

RadioFreeReddit · 2015-01-14T22:31:59+00:00

100% of women are bitches based on the sample size of my ex-wife

rusty_chipmunk · 2015-01-14T22:20:06+00:00

Oh, also.. check the actual paper.

Notice that they don't actually explain their methodology. You cannot find what the questions were that they asked, nor how they counted the answers.

It's shit like this why I stopped trusting statistics touted by feminists a long time ago. Most of what they cite turns out to be cheap propaganda research.

Sexualasaltandpepper · 2015-01-15T01:20:21+00:00

What feminists can't seem to wrap their heads around is that if rape were half as popular as they think it is it wouldn't be against the law in the first place.

Hesitant_Observer · 2015-01-14T21:46:18+00:00

i want to see the questions. these studies have a tendency to lump "i would, or have, had sex with a woman who was under the influence of alcohol or drugs" into the rape category. this is especially true when they are trying to point out that the study is supposed to differentiate between rape and "sexual coercion." and even taken at face value, only 13% say that they'd rape a woman.

patcomen · 2015-01-15T03:27:54+00:00

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The "scholarly" journal that the original article was published in is new and is funded by and endorsed by the Avielle Foundation (in memory of girl of Sandy Hook killings). The journal (Violence and Gender) was launched in 2013. Most of the articles in the first four publishings are about violence and males (e.g. ISIS, male mass killers, rapists, etc.). Even though this particular article was published in Dec. 2014, it still cites the 1 in 5 college rape statistic. Furthermore, the study's sample is 86 heterosexually self-identified white men (mean age = 21) at University of North Dakota. The men were given extra credit in a course for participating. The men were evaluated with questionable measurements, such as the "Hostility towards Women" survey that uses biased statements to measure men's hostility towards women (such as "I feel that many women flirt with men just to tease them and hurt them"). In terms of rape, 12% (not 33% or 13% since the number is actually 10 out of 81) answered they'd use forced sex/rape with their female partner if no consequences existed.

Now what does this all mean? Clearly, anonymity, academic "bribery," and open-ended dark fantasy scenarios play a major part in slanting the 12% of men towards choosing indecent behavior answers. But even then, 88% of males did not choose rape. Moreover, the sample was clearly part of a narrow lens (university students in N. Dakota at one university in one course, all heterosexual whites -- not university students in many different universities in the nation from various sexual orientations and races). It is plain to me that this study is an example similar to the other shoddy attempts at demonizing males specifically at universities and broadly in society.

the3rdoption · 2015-01-14T21:43:34+00:00

No. 86 surveyed. 73 final results.

n0b0dya7a11 · 2015-01-15T04:16:17+00:00

Breaking news: laws exist for a reason. More at 11:00

Grailums · 2015-01-15T06:08:43+00:00

Yet a nine year study that took place in the 80's that exposed in that time that 50+% of rape allegations were "completely unfounded" (i.e falsified claim) shouldn't be credible because it only was 120 women or so that were "investigated".

Get the fuck out of here.

prybarn · 2015-01-15T02:40:01+00:00

At least we know women are a lot better. Oh wait, no we don't, because they didn't ask any women.

Just like the last survey like this, which also had shitty questions and didn't reveal it's full methodology.

TheGDBatman · 2015-01-15T03:02:05+00:00

Fucking Buzzfeed. Is there any low to which they won't sink?

099992 · 2015-01-15T05:34:09+00:00

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Deansdale · 2015-01-15T06:54:05+00:00

The problem is not with the sample size, it's that this is total bullshit. The "researcher" (cough-cough) is a feminist, who does not present us the actual survey. She could (and I'm 100% sure she does) misrepresent what people have actually answered to the survey. It is beyond any kind of doubt that it was loaded with bullshit questions like "would you have sex with your long term partner if she had a couple of drinks?" ...well, yes. RAPIST!!! 31,7% of men would RAPE women!!!

existentialdude · 2015-01-15T13:30:26+00:00

Here is my reply from r/news:

This study doesn't seem accurate to me. I can't imagine many men, even actual rapists identifying themselves as a rapist even in an anonymous survey, let alone 1 out of 7 men. Also the questions were answered on a 1 to 6 scale.

Basically: I have intentions to rape a women: 1-strongly disagree - 6 strongly agree

It is really weird question and way to answer it. Someone might think , "So I have masturbated to rape porn, so maybe I should put slightly agree." Also, while "intention" has a definite meaning, some in the study probably took as "Do I have inclinations to rape a woman. Meaning, "the thought has crossed my mind but I would never do it." kinda like being tempted to steal a tasty candy bar from a store.

The 1-6 scale brings more problems when wording it as forced sex. First off, the guys are given the impression that forced sex and rape mean two different things, why would they ask the same question twice?. Then, beings it is 1-6 they are given the impression, that they might say "well I wouldn't rape a girl, but I might convince my girlfriend to have sex with me when she doesn't feel in the mood, so I will put slightly agree."

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/vio.2014.0022

Bravely_Default · 2015-01-15T15:49:34+00:00

Its crazy people take studies like this at face value, from Buzzfeed none the less. When did Buzzfeed become a source for scholarly information? Any one with even high school level knowledge on stats knows a sample size of 86 is nothing.

sailorJery · 2015-01-14T23:24:07+00:00

Anyone here ever read 'The Average American Male' ? Because this reminds me of the 98% rule.

unklestinky · 2015-01-14T23:53:17+00:00

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dungone · 2015-01-15T02:46:27+00:00

If a feminist gave me a dubious survey right now asking me if I'd rape, I'd be very tempted to say yes as a joke. I'd really love to see the looks on their faces especially if there was to be a "debriefing" about how rape is bad afterwards.

erenthia · 2015-01-15T12:18:52+00:00

I'd like to know what percentage of that 13% have accepted the feminist lie that they are basically monsters underneath. In other words I wonder how many of that 13% actually think rape is okay and how many have been tricked into believing they would. Like people who believe that without their religion they would commit murder and rob banks. Cause I just don't buy that 13% of young men on campus explicitly don't care about doing grevious psychological harm to the women they've been raised to worship.

Fetish_Goth · 2015-01-15T14:15:53+00:00

This just in, people are willing to do shit in a fictional society where nobody thinks it's wrong.

If murder was no big deal, I would probably kill the guy that keeps putting fish in the microwave at work.

unklestinky · 2015-01-15T15:02:48+00:00

Buzzfeed suggest that: "A Third Of Male Students Say They'd Rape A Woman If There Were No Consequences" based on a sample size of 86. EIGHTY SIX.

I think the key phrase here is "Buzfeed Suggests" If you read the actual study (unless I missed it) there is no suggestion that the numbers they found would translate to all college males. Meaning at no point in the article did they claim that 1 in 3 college males say they would rape a woman if there were no consequences. Rather in their limited study they found that 1/3 of their subjects would engage in "forced intercourse." That term IMO is the real problem. I still don't know what that means, and most people I asked interpreted it as rough sex.

It is a shit study for sure, but liberal media sources are the ones blowing this study out of proportion.

bsutansalt · 2015-01-15T16:03:36+00:00

And in the interest of fairness they reversed the study, right?

Of course not. That'd be too telling.

Title	Buzzfeed suggest that: "A Third Of Male Students Say They'd Rape A Woman If There Were No Consequences" based on a sample size of 86. EIGHTY SIX.
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