Women say some rape victims should take blame - survey

[iverglas]

40. well you've missed my points

The "data" you referred to -- the (antiquated) Koss study -- did NOT say what you depicted it as saying. You minimized the findings of that study horrifically and completely inaccurately.

The "assumption" you made, that 20% of women in the US are sexually victimized in their lifetime, is a number you apparently pulled out of a hat and conflicts with every actual study I've ever encountered.

When I saw a post claiming distrust of statistics because it doesn't match personal experience.

Actually, I'd be pretty confident that the personal experience reflects the huge and completely well known under-reporting of sexual offences against women. Since that phenomenon is so well known and established, we don't know why you're offering up data that disregard it.

Honestly I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to know if we are making life better for our young girls or not. I do not understand the reluctance of some to obtain anonymous comprehensive data.

I don't have a clue what you're talking about, that's what I don't have. What would you like us to do, go stand on the streetcorner and stop every 10th woman and submit a series of questions you have approved?

Your giving me anecdotes is like telling me everyone you know is voting for Obama.

Your speaking to me like this is like you presuming to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs. I'm not liking it very much. If you want some nice numbers to crunch, why don't you go find some? instead of looking specifically for anything you can find that will discredit the knowledge and experience of the women here? (the Brookline etc. list really didn't help your credibility any more than the misportrayal of the Koss research ... which you have failed to address ...)