Do we live in a Rape Culture?

[Benton]

(05-09-2016, 11:59 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: The study the CDC did didn't ask if they were raped. They gave them a list of things, and if they said yes to any one of them then they would mark they have been raped. One of which asked if you had sex while intoxicated. Plus the study was done over the phone, and to only two colleges. It was a highly scrutinized study to say the least.

Understandable.

On the other hand, you aren't going to get accurate rape statistics. Too many go unreported. My wife was a SANE nurse for several years. Even in a small town, she was called to handle about one a month, but only about once a year did a case go to trial. Most often, the victim didn't want to press charges, she was just going to the hospital to get checked out for STDs/pregnancy. Rape is too personal a crime and too often the victims feel ashamed for there to be any kind of accurate reporting of the numbers.