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hockeybub89 posted...

Men stastically perform the most rapes, but most people would rightfully have a conniption if I said "Men are the rapiest group in America." That's not an accurate conclusion and only serves to sow problems.

Statistics are dangerous in the hands of idiots and bad actors.

@hockeybub89

As someone who has been on a college campus in the last decade I can tell you that sexual assault is generally taught as something men do to women. This is taught all the time in school with sexual assault awareness stuff. They sort of try to raise awareness about other types of assault, but it always tends to get overlooked.

It certainly isn't equivalent to your statement of "most rapiest group", but it would be false to act like that notion doesn't have some institutionalization to it.

And I'm not even saying that is necessarily a bad thing. Men are guilty statistically if most sexual assaults. This also plays into the fact that sexual assaults by other groups tend to be overlooked.

There's just a better way to convey the message of acknowledging a statistical reality, but doing everything you can to make sure other cases are not overlooked and receive the proper attention, care, due process.

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