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Subject: Re: will 15% really be assaulted...
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Date: Mon, 10-Sep-84 19:40:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 10 19:40:15 1984
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Jeff:
     Sorry to criticise your statistics, but if 700 women are raped
each year in a city with a female pop. of 500,000, there is a 7%
chance each one will be raped regardless of whether the rapists 
prefer nubile young things or could care less about age. If only
women from 20-30 are assaulted, then the correct population to use
is the female population from 20-30, so

                 700 * 100
                -----------    =   .07
                  100,000

Presumably 7% of the women from 30 to 70 were raped in their younger
years. 
     Do you really think our argument about rapist's age preferences 
or the percentage of the population who will be victims are really
useful, comforting to the victims or otherwise of value?

                                  Bozo the Clone
                                  (If you thought one of me was bad...)