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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The attitude of "entitlement" is pervasive. It is not a "male only" problem, though in this context it clearly manifests that way.

People started to be told that they were "entitled" to various things. That they were owed by society, merely as a result of being alive. You can see this everywhere. From home ownership to being entitled to a 6 figure job.

Unfortunately, and sickeningly, this sense of entitlement has erupted into violence against others. Of course, it could simply be that information just flows more freely, but 34 years ago when I started college, rape and date rape occurred. [b]But certainly not with the prevalence it is reported today[/b] and definitely without the seeming sense of impunity with which it is perpetrated.

I hate to sound grandparent-like, but back in those days your frat brothers were far more likely to beat the shit out of you than celebrate you for this behavior. [/quote]

So do you think rape has increased, or do you think it is reported more now than it was before? That is what I don't fully know.

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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. [/quote]

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