At Duke too. Entitlement run rampant. |
OP-- Mike Nifong would agree with you, too. |
I imagine it is both. My guess is that the number of "stereotypical" gun/knife/dark alley stranger assaults has remained static in real terms and has increased in nominal terms. For date/acquaintance type assault I think that it was historically way under-reported and I think that there has also been a significant increase. So in both real and nominal terms, this sort of assault has risen over the years. It would be interesting to know, though, whether an epidemiologist, using adjusted numbers, would conclude that the numbers have stabilized, whether it is increasing at an increasing rate (which I believe was the case in the 90s and for the period thereafter), increasing at a decreasing rate or decreasing. |
What exactly are you trying to say? |
Man here. This nails it. Thanks for posting. |
+1 in all respects. |
Apparently so. |
I think there's been a normalization of sex outside of a relationship that wasn't there even as recently as the 25 years ago when I was in college. I think that expectation combined with the attitude of entitlement discussed by the author has probably led to an increase in these situations, above and beyond any increase in reports. |
Why is it some women DON'T feel shame? When I was a kid an older guy fondled my boobs who was a stranger. I felt VERY embarassed about it and didn't want to tell anyone at school because some kids knew the guy and asked me what happened. The only people I told was my mom who I'm very close to. However now as an adult a cousin was raped at the age I was harassed by that stranger guy. She was raped by a friend but she laughed about her rape while telling a friend of hers and continued dating guys and posting provocative pictures of her body online then she supposedly attempted suicide then she posts pics on her page about the aftermath of it and then all her posts on facebook are about rape basically telling the world or all 2000 people on her facebook that she was raped. I'm starting to think this is just a call for attention and there might not have been a rape. I was touched by a complete stranger and that was embarassing to me and I'd never 'show it off' to anyone. |
PP, you ought to be ashamed. Do you know what your cousin sounds like? Someone who was sexually abused as a child. Her reaction sounds very similar to others I have read about when chold hood survivors of sexual abuse are victimized as adults. She may not have been raped, but you can't say she wasn't based solely on your belief that she hasn't shown an appropriate level of shame in your mind. |
Why would I be ashamed? I'm just saying what I PERSONALLY went through and that comparison to my cousin's. I'm no expert on child sex abuse problems. GOD people on this stupid forum are so quick to judge! Everyone wants to be right it's laughable. |
Also from what I know there wasn't any childhood sexual abuse before she claimed rape. She's from a loving upright family but since her and brother are in the same school (a VERY top rated school and in the honor roll) and already started drinking I think maybe it's just the company they are in. Maybe it's even cultural. I don't know. |
It could be she was unaffected by it. Some people are. It does sound like acting out, though, which people do after bad experiences. |
Why would you. You seem very ill informed about sexual abuse. Kids in upright loving families are getting molested every day. Look at the Duggars. |
My DH said nearly the same thing when we were discussing the Brock Turner situation. Decent guys just don't do that kind of thing. They know it's wrong, even if they are really drunk themselves. |