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In reply to the discussion: You can say that "some men don't get it". You can even say that "many men don't get it". [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)38. The DOJ polls 40,000 households each year.
They ask;
"Incidents involving forced or unwanted sexual acts are often difficult to talk about. Have you been forced or coerced to engage in unwanted sexual activity by -
(a) Someone you didn't know
(b) A casual acquaintance, or
(c) Someone you know well?"
They concluded;
In 1980, .24% of people had been raped in the previous 12 months.
In 2011, .04% of people had been raped in the previous 12 months.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/ncvs109.pdf
I don't feel a need to reconcile this with any other estimates.
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You can say that "some men don't get it". You can even say that "many men don't get it". [View all]
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
OP
85%? now a days it is 1 in 4-6 women raped, depending. so it is 1 in 2? 3? women raped
seabeyond
Feb 2013
#32
I have always said that rapists should be castrated with dull, rusty butter knives...
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2013
#4
Why? It's assault, not sex. There are better ways to just hurt someone if that's
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#16
Well I guess we will have to politely agree to disagree then, ok? Or at least see both sides
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2013
#48
Ok. And yes, of course. I just don't create the distinction - I think it's about power.
jtuck004
Feb 2013
#50
Exactly... If you reread the thread it's condemning the passivity quite clearly...
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#30
OK...the shoe pics got me. Those men really DO care, if they're willing to do that! nt
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#47