Quote: (05-14-2018 04:50 PM)Enoch Wrote:
If you believe the stats about "campus rape" the average campus in the USA is more dangerous for a woman than the Congo.
And that is a fairly good measure of whether people actually believe it or not. I was with a small group of parents recently. Their children are graduating from my prep school and its sister school and they were asking me about college choices and on-campus culture here and there. Several mothers expressed concern over on-campus rape. I pointed out the 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 statistics. They all nodded. I asked, "If you actually believe that, why would you ever send your daughter to college?" No serious response. I have used this exact tactic before. People like to repeat this stuff, but most don't actually believe it.
DOBA's points on reporting seem spot on. Again, it's outliers. Yes, there are a few true believers who actually think this way. But, most of us skew towards normal. So, why do we keep hearing and talking about this? Because the minority (margins) are driving the narrative. Like DOBA alluded to, in many ways they are just more interesting. They get more clicks. They sell more ads.
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