Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: rape statistics Message-ID: <8@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 13:09:17 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.8 Posted: Tue Nov 5 13:09:17 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 04:01:03 EST References: <1181@decwrl.UUCP> <1824@watdcsu.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 21 Summary: In article <1824@watdcsu.UUCP> dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) writes: >You are assuming that, while 9/10 of the women don't get raped, the >1/10 that do are raped an average of 2.5 times each.... > >For this to be true, victims of previous rapes would have to be 6 times >likelier to be raped again than women who have never been raped. This >would seem to imply that the victims are "asking for it" to a degree >that even lifelong, hardened MCPs would have difficulty accepting. It doesn't imply anything of the kind. A woman who lives and/or works in a high crime area is much more likely to be raped than one who doesn't and that's just one possible explanation. By definition, no one asks to be raped. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe