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From: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Harvey)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: rape statistics
Message-ID: <816@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 17:33:00 EST
Article-I.D.: masscomp.816
Posted: Fri Nov  1 17:33:00 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 07:33:09 EST
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Reply-To: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Miche Baker-Harvey)
Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <1181@decwrl.UUCP> merrill@raja.DEC writes:
>
>If you read the FBI Crime report for the year, multiply by 30 (years per
>generation) and divide by the number of women you should come close
>to 25%, BUT many women DO get raped multiple times but that data is
>not available generally.  Sooo I would credit the 1 in 10 number more
>than the 1 in 5 number.  
>
Why do you chose to multiply by thirty years?  Isn't women's lifespan
in the seventies?  Both babies and very old women are raped.  This
brings us back to the 1 in 4 number.

Miche Baker-Harvey
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