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From: ma155acq@sdcc7.UUCP ({|stu)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Only a few nuts rape?
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 17:02:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 17:02:23 1984
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In article <10011@watmath.UUCP> saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) writes:
>I cam across an interesting figure the other day.  It was unfortunately...

>The figure was in this month's Harper's Index, and was the following:
>Percentage of college men who say they might commit rape if there were
>no chance of being caught: 35
>
>If this is not a sham, and the studies done were serious, this is a pretty
>scary figure.  ...

>Sophie Quigley

It is hard to say whether the study was conducted in a valid way, because
you didn't mention how it was conducted.  I know from experience that
sometimes men get angry at women because of the constant rejection (I'm
sure that women feel the same thing sometimes, too).  I must admit that
when I am angry, I might *say* that I would rape, but I really know
that I am incapable of such an act, and I am usually in control of
myself when I am angry.  (This is of course concluding that rape is
a way to vent anger, and not a sexual desire.  I believe this is so).
Thus, the question would have to worded "*Would* you commit rape...?", not
"*Might* you commit rape...?"   Also, the test would have to be
conducted in a manner that would not "sort out" the few men.  For
example, if this test were conducted on the network, the respondants
might only be those who, for some reason, wanted to express their anger
on the polls.  The other men, who would *not* commit such an act, just
might not respond (how many of you have noticed that you only respond
to polls where you feel you are directly involved or interested?  That
really screws up statistics).

			Victor Romano

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