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FarrenH

(768 posts)
32. says a great many sources
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 08:22 PM
Jan 2013
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199211/round-rapists

http://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Rape-Psychology-Offender/product-reviews/0738206245/ref=la_B001K7TY04_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/10/science/new-studies-map-the-mind-of-the-rapist.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

"Its only about violence" and "its only about dominance" are largely the fruit of speculative feminist theory. And in fact some studies have tested these propositions:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224498309551170

and found them wanting.

A few simple statistics also dispel the idea that every woman is equally at risk. For instance, while victims range from infants to octogenerians, in the USA:

15% of victims are under age 12
29% are age 12-17
44% are under age 18
80% are under age 30 (SOO, 1997, 1999 NCVS)

so 65% of all victims are between puberty and age 30, an age range that constitutes 35% of the population, according to the 2011 census. Coincidentally, its also the age range from which men are most likely to find women desirable. This isn't rocket science
Poor woman. :( polly7 Jan 2013 #1
what the hell is going on there florida08 Jan 2013 #2
Same thing that goes on here Scootaloo Jan 2013 #10
+100 nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #47
+200 nt cbrer Jan 2013 #55
I suspect what is going on there is what has always gone on there. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #11
Yes and no. It's an intensely sexist cuture where women are despised Warpy Jan 2013 #52
I read this in another article: polly7 Jan 2013 #58
i am hearing ya. sounded like free reign on women. hurtling selves off trains. seabeyond Jan 2013 #18
I think if I had to ride a train in India Doremus Jan 2013 #3
carry alka seltzer tablets... SummerSnow Jan 2013 #6
Insert the tablets, fall down and flail your arms and legs as if having a seizure. I like it. Doremus Jan 2013 #13
no need to go to that extreme Skittles Jan 2013 #17
Good one. Perhaps combined with a vacant stare and drool. Passing gas might work wonders too. nt Doremus Jan 2013 #37
Rapists aren't attracted to women. Rape is a crime of violence, not sexual attraction. yardwork Jan 2013 #20
Actually that's wrong FarrenH Jan 2013 #26
Sez who? yardwork Jan 2013 #27
says a great many sources FarrenH Jan 2013 #32
Psychology Today and random books listed on Amazon aren't authoritative sources. yardwork Jan 2013 #33
I did you the courtesy of googling some public sources on the internet FarrenH Jan 2013 #34
What is your point? That women are responsible for being raped because of the way they dress? yardwork Jan 2013 #35
No, that was not my point FarrenH Jan 2013 #36
I don't have the study at hand but almost all rapists can't remember what their victim was wearing riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author FarrenH Jan 2013 #45
Deleted my looong reply FarrenH Jan 2013 #56
these would to the trick SemperEadem Jan 2013 #28
Yes, those are a last resort. Doremus Jan 2013 #38
that goes without saying SemperEadem Jan 2013 #57
The Vagina Dentata rendered true Hestia Jan 2013 #40
Rapes in USA compared to India golfguru Jan 2013 #4
Based on reported rapes, presumably DavidDvorkin Jan 2013 #5
I wonder if the women there are just afraid to report rapes. WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2013 #21
india's police are very corrupt, and of those who ARE reported many rapists end up going free JI7 Jan 2013 #24
That's one thing I was thinking DavidDvorkin Jan 2013 #29
As we know, rape leftynyc Jan 2013 #7
It is true that rape is under reported crime, but.... golfguru Jan 2013 #12
If they're unreported how do you know? Doremus Jan 2013 #14
Nope, just first hand observation golfguru Jan 2013 #15
Use your head for a change. Not every female wants to go through a trial. Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #16
Pound sand. nt Doremus Jan 2013 #39
Rapists get away with it in India far more than here JI7 Jan 2013 #23
You are right about inappropriate touching, not necessarily about rape golfguru Jan 2013 #44
that is just too simple, women are not always going to scream JI7 Jan 2013 #46
In my 20 years in India, I was never a scream away from people golfguru Jan 2013 #48
and i have travellled to india also , and people do have privacy and women don't always scream JI7 Jan 2013 #53
fbi says unreported rapes range 30-70%. pretty wide range of unknown. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #19
That percentage may not vary from country to country as much? golfguru Jan 2013 #49
Statistics CSStrowbridge Jan 2013 #8
Can't say I agree with you based on my women relatives. golfguru Jan 2013 #50
very misleading, Rape is not reported in india as much as in the US JI7 Jan 2013 #22
How many years have you lived in India? golfguru Jan 2013 #51
and i don't live in other states in the US also and know we have issues here JI7 Jan 2013 #54
I categorically refuse to believe the Indian numbers you present there. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #25
The stats are straight from Wikipedia, your quarrel should be with them, not me..here is the link golfguru Jan 2013 #43
Delhi women gun for licences; rape triggers big rush to acquire arms dkf Jan 2013 #9
I love ya dkf but an untrained woman with a gun trying to fight off a trained military officer? riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #30
Well obviously one needs to be trained... dkf Jan 2013 #41
that explanation SemperEadem Jan 2013 #31
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