tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post2888451652988350021..comments2024-03-17T14:01:29.276-04:00Comments on 2 Political Junkies: How NOT To Do ItMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439330154875628083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-49668820199651047712014-06-16T09:12:47.350-04:002014-06-16T09:12:47.350-04:00Let's not forget the biggest offender of muddy...Let's not forget the biggest offender of muddying up rape statistics: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/us/federal-rules-on-rape-statistics-criticized.html" rel="nofollow">The FBI.</a> <br /><br />Until 2012, for 80 years the FBI definition of rape was “Carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.”<br /><br />Among other things, the old definition left out cases that involved: <br />- Anal or oral penetration<br />- Penetration with an object<br />- Cases where the victims were drugged or under the influence of alcohol<br />- Incest<br />- All cases with male victims <br /><br />Necessarily as a result, many sexual assaults were not counted as rapes in the yearly federal accounting.<br /><br />So until 2012, if a woman was drugged to the point of passing out and gang raped, it didn't count.<br /><br />If a woman was raped with a baseball bat, it didn't count.<br /><br />If a man was raped--<b>any man</b>--it didn't count.<br /><br />Etc., etc., etc. Talk about fucked up stats...Maria Lupinaccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982383329276367179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213262.post-192471826401964492014-06-14T19:09:29.186-04:002014-06-14T19:09:29.186-04:00It is not a big mistake. Social Science research p...It is not a big mistake. Social Science research plays fast and loose with the any assumptions and data. The only criteria needed to consider it valid is if it proves what the researcher believes. <br /><br />This never happened <br /><br />Why Not Name the Hofstra Student Who Recanted Her Rape Story?<br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2009/09/22/naming_the_hofstra_student_who_recanted_rape_charges.html<br />"I'm not naming the student out of some mix of pity and sisterhood. She has been suspended from Hofstra. "Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14533575674043719198noreply@blogger.com