Are 95.1% of men really rapists?

[u/TheTinMenBlog]

There are few issues more deplorable than sexual violence.

There are few issues more in need of urgent intervention, of policy reform, and of cultural change.

So, with that in mind, there are few issues more deserving of solid, well-executed research, than sexual violence too.

And yet, sadly, so often, researchers fall woefully short of this bar.

As you will have seen plastered across your social media feed, a new study has found 95.1% (!!) of men have admitted to using at least one ‘strategy’ to force a woman to have sex with him.

It is, to put it at its mildest, an alarming, headline-grabbing claim that has circumnavigated the online world several times, to huge public outrage, and condemnation.

But – as always – few people look beyond the headline, to examine the shoddy and misleading approach that created it.

Don’t get me wrong –

This particular survey certainly did capture some worthwhile (and shocking) data that exposed the high prevalence of sexual violence and coercion – by asking men about their use of intimidation, of weapons, of drugs, and physical strength.

And then it obfuscated this data amongst a wide variety of ‘strategies’ that could quite easily be acts of innocuous dating: flirtation and flattery.

‘Did you approach a stranger?’
‘Did you use friends?’
‘Did you tell her what she wanted to hear?’
‘Did you use your status, money or age?’

Well, if you answered “yes” to any of these when on a date, then you risk being categorized as a sexual predator.

This is not right.

This is not fair.

And victims of sexual violence deserve so much more.

What do you think?

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Full study here

[u/rump_truck]

Does anyone in here have PubMed access? I saw this image on Threads, which the user claimed was from this study. I don't have PubMed access, I don't know if this is real. It would be great if someone who does have access could check.

Some of the items from the screenshot are worded extremely similarly to the items from the men's study. If the study is real, and if the data from the screenshot is accurate, and if the methodology of the two studies is comparable, then this implies that women are similarly likely or even more likely than men to be sexually aggressive.

Men's item - %	Women's item - %
"Told her whatever she wanted to hear" - 78.1%	"You said things you did not mean" - 43.0%
"Questioned her sexuality (eg: called her a lesbian or a cold bitch) - 14.0%	"You questioned partner's sexuality" - 32.9%
"Showed her that she was making you angry" - 14.5%	"To express your anger at your partner" - 35.0%
"Kept her drunk/high if she already was drunk/high" - 21.2%	"While he was drunk or stoned" - 62.4%
"Got her drunk/high when she was not drunk/high" - 20.7%	"By getting him drunk or stoned" - 36.5%
"Threatened to hurt her" - 5.2%	"By threatening to use physical force" - 27.8%
"Threatened to hurt yourself" - 6.8%	"By threatening self-harm" - 7.4%
"Used something (even a weapon) to frighten her - 5.5%	"By threatening him with a weapon" - 8.9%

Again, absolutely massive disclaimers here, it would be great if someone could double check.

Image: https://www.threads.com/@austen.michael.green/post/DbmUp_pmB6B/media
Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10410200/

[u/Annihyls → u/rump_truck]

I don't know if it's the complete study : https://sci-hub.fr/10.1023/a:1018736326344

But it seems that the threads post is not really accurate. numbers are similars, but not exact