TLDR: anonymous poll about potential raping if no punishment. 7.5% men and 11% women would do.

There was an infamous research stating that 1/3 college men would rape given opportunity and impunity. It was widely criticized too.

Recently I saw a reddit post by a guy, who claimed that "all men would rape if there is no legal/moral consequences." he argued with a girl and asked men or reddit to confirm his idea.

Absolutel majority of men disagreed with him. The most liked comment said, that men want to be loved and wanted by women, not to force themselves on unwilling women. Only one guy in comments agreed with OP. But probably they are reluctant to openly admit being "potential rapists"?

So I created an anonimous pol in VK (Russian Social network). The question was:

Given no legal consequences and no moral judgment would you rape? Definintion of rape is: sex without consent. I clearly stated it and there is no loophole here for people who coerce but not use brute force.

Options were:

  • I'm a Man. Yes
  • I'm a Man. No
  • I'm a Woman. Yes
  • I'm a Woman. No

VK has gender filter in polls, so it is possible to filter out those, who vote for the wrong group. And there were some cheater. Or at least people who had gender set to male, but for some reason voted for option 3 and sometimes 4.

Results (after filtering)

  • I'm a Man. Yes - 12 (7.5%)
  • I'm a Man. No - 146
  • I'm a Woman. Yes - 16 (11%)
  • I'm a Woman. No - 128

Why so many rapist women?

I can't see who exactly voted and why. Some guess:

Some are just trolls that use fake female accounts

Even more - misandrists that are rading our community, they dream about raping men in revenge for millenia of patriarchy and such stuff

Anyway, I don't think there is enough proof to claim, that women are more willing to rape, than men.

Conclusion

Exaggerated number of men (all men, majority of men) being potentially rapists only limited by law and moral is just a misandrist myth. Rapists and potential rapists are sad anomaly.

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Upd. Poll was published in a gender egalitarian community, but available and reposted, so a variety of people participated. Community is Russian speaking, if anyone is interested, I can provide links and screenshots