Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!vax135!timeinc!timeb!dwight From: dwight@timeb.UUCP (Dwight Ernest) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Only a few nuts rape? Message-ID: <39@timeb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 14:02:21 EST Article-I.D.: timeb.39 Posted: Fri Nov 30 14:02:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 20:25:39 EST References: <10011@watmath.UUCP> Organization: Time, Inc. - New York Lines: 28 > I cam across an interesting figure the other day. It was unfortunately > not fully documented, so if anybody knows the exact source, I would very > much appreciate more details. > > 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. It is a good disclaimer to the idea that has been expressed > here quite often that rape is an act committed by a few crazy men, and not > representative of men's attitudes towards women in general. The figures could indeed be correct; if so, that'd be more than a little scary. Not to excuse the possibility that it may be correct--but note that in psychological surveys it's frequent for those under study to give expression to fantasies as though they were realities... and many men, I think--as has been shown in other similar studies--have rape FANTASIES. (Not something we ought to be proud of...) -- --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight Time Inc. Editorial Technology Group, New York City Voice: (212) 554-5061 \ Compuserve: 70210,523 Telemail: DERNEST/TIMECOMDIV/TIMEINC \ MCI: DERNEST "The opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Time Incorporated, its management, or stockholders." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------