Monday, November 16, 2015
On President Obama Spouting that Thoroughly Discredited Claim that 1 out of Every 5 College-Aged Women Will Ultimately Be Raped
Do they simply not have a fact-checker at the White House? Yes, folks, there is a study from the CDC (and an older one by an activist named Mary Koss) which claims what the President is claiming, but it is seriously flawed (the main flaw being that they count all episodes of drunken sex in which the woman regrets it in the morning as "rape" and all episodes in which the man lies to the woman in an effort to get her in the sack as "sexual violence). A much more accurate number (one that is considered the gold standard) is the one which comes from the Justice Department Crime Survey; 1 in 50 (still a troubling number but not the type that produces hysteria)......................................................................................................Of course the $64,000 question is why in the hell did Obama use the bogus stat? Stupidity? More pandering? I'd kind of like to know.
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I googled one in five college women raped and found 23,000,000 articles. Dunno
what the stats are, but maybe we should hang around one of those shady frats?
Rape on campus is a big problem but when people start equating regret with rape it isn't very helpful. Check out the writings of Christina Hoff Sommers. She writes about this issue without an agenda and without hyperbole which is nice for a change.
Sort of a local problem, the two universities to our north invariably have 2-3
drunken kids fall out of windows or off balconies. Then their folks sue the college. Last year a frat guy wandered off drunk in a blizzard and froze to death. Given the proclivity for overdrinking and the hormone levels of that age group its not surprising that colleges have working groups, staff people, student seminars etc. (Which don't seem to accomplish much) Thankfully my 3 kids spent 25 years
total at various schools and grad schools none the worse for wear!
It's hard to think that anybody could be drinking more than I did in college but apparently it's happening. Not good.
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