Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: References for los Angeles rape statistics. Message-ID: <3563@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Mar-84 20:31:22 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.3563 Posted: Sat Mar 3 20:31:22 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 09:03:12 EST Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 20 ------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------ 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