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rape issues

  1. U

    1 in 6 Women Raped: Opinions on Survey Questions

    The Schrodinger's Rapist thread led me to the study concluding that one in six women have been raped. I'm interested in hearing opinions regarding the conclusion of "rape" based on the survey questions. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf The introductory part of the questions begins...
  2. Puppycow

    1 in 6 women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime

    I wanted to focus on a couple of specific factual claims that came up in another thread Do you believe these figures? Do you know what the methodology is behind these figures? What if I told you that 1 in 7 Americans surveyed report some kind of UFO sighting? See also the entry on false...
  3. SatanicSheep

    Schrodinger's Rapist: When is uncritical thought ok?

    A female friend sent me this and I'm a little unsure of how I feel about it. http://kateharding.net/2009/10/08/guest-blogger-starling-schrodinger’s-rapist-or-a-guy’s-guide-to-approaching-strange-women-without-being-maced/ I think this is bigotry, prejudicial and uncritical, but I'm not sure I...
  4. G

    Mass Rape in Africa and what can be done about it

    I am starting this thread so that evidence of the existence of these crimes can be presented and concrete solutions to the problem can be discussed. Graphic or explicit descriptions need not be presented, we all know what it entails.
  5. casebro

    Drunk driver, Drunk woman having sex- Double standard?

    If somebody who drives while drunk is to be considered a murderer, then how come a women who has sex while drunk is considered a victim? Shouldn't she be considered the rapist? Or is the typical drunk driver a victim too? Assuming they both willfully got blotto, the driver to 'willfully lose...
  6. Safe-Keeper

    'Don't walk alone at night' - offensive?

    OK, so in the past six weeks there has been a wave of sexual assaults in downtown Bergen. Recently, amidst political pushes for more visible police, harsher punishment for rape, and other measures I support full-heartedly, the authorities issued a warning to women to not walk alone in downtown...
  7. S

    banning abortion and rape & incest

    http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13984932.htm What's up with incest? Why is incest an alright reason to get an abortion? Is it just because people think the resultant child would be an abomination and thus isn't worth the same as other humans? Or because society thinks that people who...

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