Question for feminist types
Apr. 13th, 2012 09:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squigglefishAccidentally ended up in a discussion about preventing rape today at work, werein the two men I was talking with cited "Most rapists were sexually abused as a child", and claimed there was evidence for this.
I'm pretty certain this is a load of crap, but I couldn't prove it. What are the counter arguments to this?
I'm pretty certain this is a load of crap, but I couldn't prove it. What are the counter arguments to this?
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Date: 2012-04-13 09:16 pm (UTC)http://www.gao.gov/archive/1996/gg96178.pdf
Scanning the report, it does mention earlier papers that concluded that 'most rapists were sexually abused as a child'. And then shows the flaws in those papers.
Factoids from those papers are still floating around the net (including the info page for a child-advocacy group...). It's likely they spotted one of those factoids, and didn't put in the time to chase the factoid back to the original source.
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Date: 2012-04-13 11:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-13 11:36 pm (UTC)If it was true, you can point out that would mean there is a lot more child molestation going on than anyone estimates.