Reply #275: This link contradicts the claim...

[MellowDem]

that 1/6 men rape women. The blog references two studies, in one, 6% of men self-report to have raped or attempted to rape. In another study, 13% did. Now, how accurate is self-reporting? Who knows, but neither were 16-17%.

Another blog linking to another study:

http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2004/05/05/how-many-men-are-rapists/

So this study finds 4.5% of men self-reported to rape. It is also quite a bit less than 16-17%, which is what 1/6 men would be. I think the study must have been misread. I don't see the need to post more links when this link doesn't even back the claim. I am not the one trying to prove that 1/6 men rape women, so I don't have the burden of proof.

Of course, you also have to take into account that self-reporting could be wildely innaccurate, not to mention these aren't random populations being studied.

I think it's fair to say that we really have very little clue as to how many men rape women as a percentage of all men. To claim 1/6 do, I don't know where you get the data, and you'd have to ignore a lot of other studies that say otherwise.