The right rape statistics
Are college arbitration boards the way to increase reporting of rape and assault? Discuss today's Blowback.
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Michael, your understanding of sexual assault is lacking. Many people deal with traumatic issues by internalizing it. Theres a bigger push to internalize because of the stigma that surrounds sexual assault. Remember that the one in four statistic includes attempted rapes. While many survivors of rape/attempted rape recover the same, they can differ. I'm sure that the women you came across during college do not represent the number of women who are silently dealing with this issue. I'm positive you know women who have been assaulted but youre not aware of it. I think even you would be shocked at the number of survivors who suffer in silence.
Shawn H. @ 8:02 AM PDT, Mar 9, 2008
I see some of key feminist codewords, like "survivor," "blaming the victim," etc that they have used to get anti-male laws passed. I saw one commentator saying that there is shame heaped upon the "victim," and they are pressured to let the situation pass. You were kidding, right? Colleges and rape advocated are BEGGING for "victims" to come forward so they can beef up their stats and prove their case. That 1 in 4 stat is laughingly rediculous..
Chris @ 2:16 PM PST, Mar 8, 2008
The fact that she targets the stereotype of fraternities is completely ridiculous. It is at fraternities that are the safest parties. It's not those men that are the concern, it is the random, non-Greeks, that are to be worried about. And if there are non-Greeks in attendance at a party, it is the fraternity men that are there to look out for you.
Erin @ 3:28 PM PST, Mar 7, 2008
Ah, I see. If too few people are being raped, then there must be a whole bunch of people who were raped and just did not know it.
Michael Ejercito @ 8:58 AM PST, Mar 5, 2008
... Regardless, sexual "liberation" exacerbates the problem, which is the point MacDonald has attempted to make while tactfully avoiding the subject of sexual neurosis. Kudos to her for her courage.
Pain-Lover @ 1:34 AM PST, Mar 5, 2008
I have known multiple masochistic women who, by their clothes and actions, intentionally provoked their own abuse. Men who have had sexual relations with female masochists lose the ability to distinguish normal flirtation from sadomasochistic invitation. I have no idea why feminists ignore this troubling conundrum. Is it because they are sexually naive? Or is it instead because they have purposefully suppressed information relating to this problem so as to further a Socialist agenda?
Pain-Lover @ 1:33 AM PST, Mar 5, 2008
Patrick Cronin is probably one of those meta-liberal guys who thinks if they parrot left-wing feminist campus drivel they will have a better chance of scoring with the coeds. Lots of luck to him.
Looks familiar @ 11:50 PM PST, Mar 4, 2008
My grandmother died the day before classes started this semester, but none of my friends knew I was upset until I told them. Every woman reacts to sexual assault differently, and I have known survivors who hid their pain for years. One in four is a preposterous number, but it's fact--and that's why colleges, as well as students, must do everything possible to help survivors and end sexual assault.
Max Hall @ 3:27 PM PST, Mar 4, 2008
I question whether or not you would really know what signs to look for...dealing with that level of shame, guilt, confusion, etc at 18-22 with compounding pressures of school, future, new independence can manifest trauma in a number of ways--none which is a scarlet letter or is often even realized until years later. You keep the house of cards standing as long as you can...
Anonymous @ 2:39 PM PST, Mar 4, 2008
Ejercito - So you're only persuaded that campus rape is real if women are walking around visibly traumatized for 1-2 years? What you're doing is called confirmation bias. You're simply seeing the world as you wish it would be and by setting up arbitrary standards of evidence, shutting out genuine evidence that contradicts your world view. I've seen you on several of these message boards repeatedly denying sexual assault. Why? I wish you would analyze your assumptions, motives, and evidence.
Sarah @ 2:36 PM PST, Mar 4, 2008
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