Re:XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your gender to...
by Anechoic on Friday July 08, 2011 @11:30AM
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Anecdotically, none of my female friends were ever raped
So far as you know.
Re:XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your gender to...
by saulrh on Friday July 08, 2011 @02:06PM
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I didn't go from one to the other; I should have made that more clear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States#Rape_...
Re:XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your gender to...
by Duff on Friday July 08, 2011 @12:07PM
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Incidence varies by community and definition. Sexual assaults are very common on college campuses.
The stereotypical scary guy with pantyhose pulled over his head is only one manifestation of rape. "Date-rape" and taking advantage of people not capable of giving consent (drunk, drugged, etc) happens all of the time.
Re:XKCD's Randall Munroe on Google+ requiring your gender to...
by burgerbrain on Friday July 08, 2011 @02:24PM
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"taking advantage of people not capable of giving consent (drunk, drugged, etc) happens all of the time."
Men are also victims of that.
Anecdotically, none of my female friends were ever raped which doesn't match with your assertion that "one in five American women experiences a rape".
I do think that our culture tends to objectifying women in the medias but I don't think that rape and sexual assault is as prevalent as many people think it is... There's also a lot of paranoia due to the media looking for good sensational stories and latching on any sexual assault story they can find.