By their own admission, roughly 6% of unincarcerated American men are rapists, and the authors acknowledge that their methods will have led to an underestimate. Higher estimates are closer to 14%. That comes out to somewhere between 1 in 17 and 1 in 7 unincarcerated men in America being rapists, with a cluster of studies showing about 1 in 8, most with multiple victims. Rape is one of the most severe of all traumas, causing multiple, long-term negative outcomes, regardless of perpetrator tactics. Most of the public see rape as about as bad as murder. To fully reign in this atrocious behavior, we need more convictions. Increasing the probability of apprehension by law enforcement is the only effective deterrent identified. r/stoprape
By their own admission, roughly 6% of unincarcerated American men are rapists, and the authors acknowledge that their methods will have led to an underestimate. Higher estimates are closer to 14%.
That comes out to somewhere between 1 in 17 and 1 in 7 unincarcerated men in America being rapists, with a cluster of studies showing about 1 in 8, most with multiple victims.
Rape is one of the most severe of all traumas, causing multiple, long-term negative outcomes, regardless of perpetrator tactics.
Most of the public see rape as about as bad as murder.
To fully reign in this atrocious behavior, we need more convictions. Increasing the probability of apprehension by law enforcement is the only effective deterrent identified.
r/stoprape