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more about #acquaintancerape Aidan_: So it's like racism then. What the culture has pounded home to these people is that the term is bad, not the acts themselves. "I'm a good person. Rape... more » Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: I was driving home one night, and I heard this radio show, where a woman called in and talked about how she's refused the advances of her close male f... more » GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): "The other is that one common assumption about date rape or "gray rape" — that it's usually the result of miscommunication and happens when good guy... more » Thomas MacAulay Millar: In my OP, I paraphrased the questions from Lisak & Miller, but since people are quoting and parsing them, it's better to have the full text out there.... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: They want to do what they want. They just don't want to be called rapists. #rape more » kellybones: I'm glad that Jezebel posted this article. Ever since the gang rape in Richmond, I have been on a bit of a rape informational tirade because I realiz... more » LostTurntable: Wow, way to bring down a serious discussion by once again needlessly attacking a movie. Sorry to say it, but you can laugh a rape in a movie, just as... more » winner: In the majority of the US, spousal rape is treated as a lesser crime. You may be prosecuted for spousal abuse, assault or battery but not rape. Befor... more » miyamyo: I hate this idea that rape is on the same scale of sex. Like, if you have sex enough, statistically you'll end up with a rape somewhere along the line... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'He's my friend, so he can't be a rapist.' I wonder if 'I've got friends, so I can't be a rapist' could also apply. It makes sense that good looking ... more » Sanfo: This is why having a positive consent standard is so critical. It's opt-in consent, versus the idea that every person is a walking "yes" until they st... more » colormeroutine: I think part of this is due to the fact that men experience sex, and life, very differently than women do (obviously-and I'm only speaking about heter... more » samplesize: My bf rented Observe and Report last week - when he came home with it I told him I wasn't excited because it had a rape in it. I explained the scene ... more » Jezebellicose/Queenjulie: I'm suprised only 6% answered yes. When I went to UCSB, our freshman orientation (which had both men and women in it) included the fact that the in-sc... more » vonapathy: What really gets me is that freshman year in college I had an...incident. I was wasted drunk, he was sober, etc etc. I didn't say anything, but at no ... more » FourthWaveBaby: My only concern with the interpretation of these questions is that it seems like men who think of THEMSELVES as being in an "acquaintance rape" situat... more » psychgirl1221: I can definitely see the flaw in this study (like others pointed out, the wording for questions 3 and 4 is pretty poor). However, the results don't s... more » napalmnacey is an angry feminist: The guy that raped me had done it before. He went on and on in his journal about how it was a mistake on his part, that he regretted it and OH, how h... more » MargaretMoony: Did anyone else ever read the study "Riding the Bull at Gilley's?" It suggests the same thing as this study and is fascinating. #rape more » Susan B.: Minor point: This doesn't necessarily mean that only 6% of men have committed rape; there are probably respondents who had committed those offenses bu... more » -
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Rapists Admit Repeated Crimes — As Long As You Don't Call It "Rape"
According to a new study of college students, men will admit to rape as long as you don't call it that — and the same few men are offending multiple times without getting caught. More » -
#thereisnojustice
Finding Her Rapist On Facebook, One Woman Ponders Demanding An Apology
Cary Tennis at Salon answers a letter from a woman who logged into Facebook to be confronted with the smiling face of her date rapist taunting her as a person she might know. Oh, God.
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