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From: mazur@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: will 15% really be assaulted...
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Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 00:45:04 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 11 00:45:04 1984
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Nf-From: inmet!mazur    Sep  2 16:27:00 1984

>> Population divided by two.  Performing the indicated operations that means
>> 7 per cent of all women will be raped.  (Assuming there is a 50 year
>> window).

> That's a *big* assumption. Do you think a woman of 60 has the same chance of
> being raped as a woman of 20? Hardly. You have to make an age breakdown of
> those 700 rapes and determine the effective window based on that. I suspect
> 15 is more reasonable.

Actually, I think age matters very little as far as chance of being raped.
Rape is not a sexual crime, it is a violent crime.  It is not a requirement 
that rape victims "entice" their attackers by being "sexually appealing".  

Beth Mazur
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