I heard an interesting statistic:
"One out of ten men have raped" (As if dating wasn't terrifying enough)
Does anyone know of any sites/studies that would support this statement. I am looking for facts not opinions. Please do not answer this question with another question.
Thanks!
2006-12-20 05:41:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I forgot to mention I was looking for stats nationwide not for a particular area of the US.
2006-12-20 05:54:18 · update #1
To further qualify the question.
I am looking for a wider sample than prisoners or students.
Rape: Nonconsensual sex where both the man is the offender and the woman the target.
2006-12-20 05:59:14 · update #2
Data on rape can vary significantly depending primarily on how one defines "rape" itself. States vary significantly in how it is defined in their statutes which complicates the data as well. One site I found stated the following:
1 in 12 males students surveyed had commited acts that met the legal definition of rape. Furthermore, 84% of the men who had commited such acts said what they had done was definitely not rape.
Be advised they did not give a source (other than "surveyed') for the data. It was also limited to male students, which is only a small subset of "all males."
I think it is dangerous to use these over-generalized statistics for very much.
2006-12-20 05:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
statistics are all pretty much erroneous. they can claim they do a nation wide study but they could just be getting stats from men in prison across the nation. ask your friends, have any of your male friends been asked if they've raped or not? probably not. how many men would tell the truth if they have raped? probably not a lot. every single statistic is biased, no matter how valid they claim it is. the only valid stats is collected by the US census. all the stats saying like 1 out of 4 people in Africa have AIDS, or 67% of US teens are non-virgins. Scientists take a representative group of people, and ask them the questions. so they take 100 or 500 kids in a high school, a representative sample, and then from there they gather the statistics. So it's all erroneous.
2006-12-20 14:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by luweeza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False stastic. I know 50 men right now in my area that have never raped anyone. Repeated offenders drive up the ratio.
does this help
http://christianparty.net/worldrapeconvictions.htm
2006-12-20 13:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by omvg1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"1 in 12 male students surveyed had committed acts that met the legal definition of rape or attempted rape. (Warshaw, Robin 1994 "I Never Called It Rape")
In a survey of college males who committed rape, 84% said what they did was definitely not rape. (Warshaw, Robin 1994 "I Never Called It Rape")"
2006-12-20 23:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋