reliable rape statistics?

DevilishRogue · 2013-07-24T07:08:55+00:00

There aren't any. Not from lack of trying.

Feminists aren't completely wrong when they say a lot of rapes aren't reported. What they use to define an unreported rape is suspect, often telling a girl "who didn't know she was raped" why she was raped and counting it, like meeting a guy at a bar.

The term "unfounded" which is quoted as 8% can't be trusted. That just means the police decided it wasn't worth even investigating. Maybe it was a wife, or a girlfriend, or there were texts or witnesses. Most of "unfounded" charges are false, but the term "unfounded" doesn't mean false, at least some of those are actual rapes that the police missed.

Studies done by non-biased organizations come up with different numbers, but it still comes down to definitions.

In the end, there are 1000 different studies, and they have 1000 different answers. What ever you want the answer to be, there is a study that will back you up.

Personally I feel of the 8% unfounded, the guys who get away with rape are balanced out by the guys who go to jail falsely, and think it evens out around that 8%.

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vikinick · 2013-07-24T18:38:41+00:00

There are no reliable rape statistics. You could probably use however many people are convicted for rape as a starting point, but you have to remember that some people (often women) often are prosecuted with a lower charge (i.e. sexual assault or battery) instead of rape, as well as the fact that many people are really innocent or were overcharged. You also have to understand that a lot of rapes go unreported, and the biggest (estimated) number of rapes happen in prisons, which are also unreported.

Almost all the numbers that are out there are influenced by some sort of group. The "1/4 women are/were raped" study was done by women, and therefore had a huge bias, and counted almost every sexual activity that the woman wasn't lusting for as rape.

Title	reliable rape statistics?
Author	Perpetual_dissident
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Comments	4
Date	July 24, 2013 6:32 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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