Comments on: 25% of Women Sexually Victimized by 18 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/07/20/25-of-women-sexually-victimized-by-18/ I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Payne http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/07/20/25-of-women-sexually-victimized-by-18/#comment-35080 Richard Payne Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:39:28 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=199#comment-35080 So "1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted by 18"? Why is it there's no talk of the the males under age 18 who sexually assulted (by women)? Seems like many sexist people don't wish to look at the whole rape/sexual assault issue. nor do we hear of the women who beat there husbands, kill men and boys. I'm surprise that the words "abuse" and "sexual abuse" are only used when women are the victims and men are the perputators. Please look at these web sites: http://www.canadiancrc.com/female_sexual_predators_awareness.aspx http://www.malesurvivor.org/Prevention%20&%20Education/Articles/pban.htm http://www.cyberparent.com/abuse/abuseupdate.htm So “1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted by 18″? Why is it there’s no talk of the the males under age 18 who sexually assulted (by women)? Seems like many sexist people don’t wish to look at the whole rape/sexual assault issue. nor do we hear of the women who beat there husbands, kill men and boys. I’m surprise that the words “abuse” and “sexual abuse” are only used when women are the victims and men are the perputators.
Please look at these web sites:
http://www.canadiancrc.com/female_sexual_predators_awareness.aspx
http://www.malesurvivor.org/Prevention%20&%20Education/Articles/pban.htm
http://www.cyberparent.com/abuse/abuseupdate.htm

]]> By: Scott http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/07/20/25-of-women-sexually-victimized-by-18/#comment-4762 Scott Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:46:21 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=199#comment-4762 Bill Hartwell, Perhaps you misread the statistic. It says that 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted by 18. Perhaps, you are only thinking of completed rapes? Perhaps, you are only thinking of per year, rather than all 18 years. Really, do you think, if you had an auditorium filled with 400 18-year-old girls and asked them to raise their hand if they had ever been sexually victimized, that only 1 girl on average would raise her hand? I can go out to a club or bar with far less than 400 women/girls and I am likely to see more than 1 get sexually assaulted just in that one single night. Anyway, here are some other sites that cite the same statistic: www.citizensforaonestrikelaw.org/id41.htm www.ccasa.org/statistics.cfm www.ncdsv.org/images/SexualAssaultStatistics.pdf Although, in the end, I think we can agree that with nearly 200,000 sexual victimizations each year, it doesn't matter what the ratio is. Let's just put an end to it. Thanks, Scott Bill Hartwell,

Perhaps you misread the statistic. It says that 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted by 18. Perhaps, you are only thinking of completed rapes? Perhaps, you are only thinking of per year, rather than all 18 years.

Really, do you think, if you had an auditorium filled with 400 18-year-old girls and asked them to raise their hand if they had ever been sexually victimized, that only 1 girl on average would raise her hand?

I can go out to a club or bar with far less than 400 women/girls and I am likely to see more than 1 get sexually assaulted just in that one single night.

Anyway, here are some other sites that cite the same statistic:

http://www.citizensforaonestrikelaw.org/id41.htm
http://www.ccasa.org/statistics.cfm
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/SexualAssaultStatistics.pdf

Although, in the end, I think we can agree that with nearly 200,000 sexual victimizations each year, it doesn’t matter what the ratio is. Let’s just put an end to it.

Thanks,
Scott

]]> By: Bill Hartwell http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2007/07/20/25-of-women-sexually-victimized-by-18/#comment-4735 Bill Hartwell Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:39:34 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=199#comment-4735 The question I have is, where does this 1:4 figure come from? The last time I looked at the National Crime Victimization statistics, the figure was closer to 1:400, not 1:4. So who is it who profits from claiming that it's 1:4? The question I have is, where does this 1:4 figure come from? The last time I looked at the National Crime Victimization statistics, the figure was closer to 1:400, not 1:4. So who is it who profits from claiming that it’s 1:4?

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