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Exaggerating With Statistics (About Rape)

Oncefa2

March 18, 2021

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Title	Exaggerating With Statistics (About Rape)
Author	Oncefa2
Upvotes	16
Comments	2
Date	March 18, 2021 6:32 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/m7xhxj/exaggerating_with_statistics_about_rape/
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[–]Oncefa2[S] 4 points5 points6 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Sexual assault is clearly a problem and can be extremely traumatic.

But why exaggerate and hype up how common it is?

Psychology Today takes on two widely reported statistics about sexual assault, breaks them down, and puts them into context.

The number of female college students who are raped is likely as low as 1 in 16, or 75% less than the common 1 in 4 statistic implies.

And the number of men who admit even a slight wingless to rape, if they could get away with it, is only 2% to 7%, not 31% as is widely cited. And even that number is based on a small sample (n=86) of college aged men. And is acquired using questionable survey methods.

The justification for exaggerating these numbers is based on the belief that men and women don't understand what sexual assault is. And while it is true that men and women don't always contextualize their experiences as assault, it's likely that researchers have grossly overestimated the problem by conflating things like awkward kisses and drunk (not blacked out) sex as rape.

This is important because men, and especially minority men, are vilified as rapists and potential criminals. And this vilification is used to justify questionable police tactics that play into racial and sexist stereotypes against men and minorities.

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