25% is typical rate of nonconsentual sexual contact women report at US colleges? can someone explain this to me

[Anonymous]

This seems horrifically high. Or am I clueless? And cornell is particularly bad? What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This seems horrifically high. Or am I clueless? And cornell is particularly bad? What?

Are you male? I don't think that number would surprise many woman.

[Anonymous]

Can you cite the source? Assuming the definition is a low bar, I’d be inclined to believe it. Hopefully the stats for actual rape would be lower.

[Anonymous]

It includes any type of contract, so inappropriate touching like a butt slap or brushing against someone also counts.

[Anonymous]

It was the same when we were in college.

But are you really surprised, OP? I actually think the numbers are MUCH, much higher.

[Anonymous]

Young people today are more apt to report than we were. It's a GOOD THING they are reporting.

[Anonymous]

The teen girls of today will not tolerate this. It’ll be an effing riot. They hold boys accountable and do not tolerate a boys will be boys attitude from anyone.

[Anonymous]

It means that men are pigs. Are you female and did you go to college in the 90s? I can't even count on one hand the number of times I've been SA. Guess what? Men don't care and feel entitled.

[Anonymous]

You can avoid most of this as a female student if you stay in packs of girlfriends and don't get drunk. This is not victim blaming but it's fairly easy to avoid.

My daughter and friends don't go to frat parties and don't get drunk. For friends they do things like go out to dinner and go to concerts, etc.
None have come close to being assaulted.

[Anonymous]

Swalwell did attend multiple colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you cite the source? Assuming the definition is a low bar, I’d be inclined to believe it. Hopefully the stats for actual rape would be lower.

A low bar???? Is grabbing a P through clothes SA to you? Is being pushed up against a wall and forcibly kissed SA? Both of those things happened to me when I was 15-22. Had a guy block a door and not let me leave until I gave his friend a BJ? I was 16. Is that SA? Is waking up with only socks on and no recollection of how you got there SA?

I didn't report any of these things. I didn't even know they were SA until I was much older. They are all definitely not ok.

[Anonymous]

Numbers like that depend a lot on definitions. I suspect every woman alive has experienced unwanted advances. But that’s a far cry from the Swalwell kind of allegations. In any event, it’s all underreported and probably difficult to get accurate data.

[Anonymous]

When I went to college in the 1980’s the general number we were told was 1/3.

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Anonymous wrote:You can avoid most of this as a female student if you stay in packs of girlfriends and don't get drunk. This is not victim blaming but it's fairly easy to avoid.

My daughter and friends don't go to frat parties and don't get drunk. For friends they do things like go out to dinner and go to concerts, etc.
None have come close to being assaulted.

This is absolutely victim blaming. I sincerely hope your daughter never experiences SA, but the solution is not for women to need a buddy at all times. It's for men to learn to ask for and respect consent.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you cite the source? Assuming the definition is a low bar, I’d be inclined to believe it. Hopefully the stats for actual rape would be lower.

A low bar???? Is grabbing a P through clothes SA to you? Is being pushed up against a wall and forcibly kissed SA? Both of those things happened to me when I was 15-22. Had a guy block a door and not let me leave until I gave his friend a BJ? I was 16. Is that SA? Is waking up with only socks on and no recollection of how you got there SA?

I didn't report any of these things. I didn't even know they were SA until I was much older. They are all definitely not ok.

Those are absolutely sexual assault. I’m sorry they happened to you. My question was literally about what the definition was for the purposes of the survey.