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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: References for los Angeles rape statistics.
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Date: Sat, 3-Mar-84 20:31:22 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  3 20:31:22 1984
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I think that what I said was that one out of three women in Los Angeles
will be raped in her lifetime, *not* that one out of three had already
been raped.

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Huh? What's the difference? The only thing I can figure is that there is
a little game that goes like this: "The rape rate is increasing at
such-and-such a rate, the population of la is increasing  at such-
and-such a (lesser) rate, therefore in 20 years..." I would prefer
to stick with what is known rather than alarmist speculations on
the future.

I agree that even a 1 in 15 rate is disgusting, however nothing is
accomplished but a loss of credibility by making it sound worse
than it is with statistical games.

If I am wrong, please correct me.

                                     Jeff Winslow