Defining ambiguous sex as rape

Just a few days after my column discussing how rape accusations are rarely as black and white as some would have it, Carol Tavris publishes a fantastic piece in the L.A. Times titled “What we talk about when we talk about rape.”

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Tavris breaks down the different views of both sides of the campus sexual assault debate: Those who believe 20 percent of women are sexually assaulted, and those who believe crime statistics showing much, much smaller numbers. Tavris pins the smaller numbers at 3 percent to 4 percent, but it is unclear where she gets her numbers. Bureau of Justice Statistics but the number of college women who are raped or sexually assaulted at less than 1 percent.

No matter, the point is that the number of women actually having a crime committed against them is far less than one-fifth. Tavris insists we as a society find that both sides have valid points.

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