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From: hollis@ucf-cs.UUCP (William )
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Rape, Violence, and information concerning it.
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 12:06:48 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 31 12:06:48 1984
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I would ask that ANYBODY referring to rape (or any other mental disorders) 
take a look at the book of psychological problems.  The book is a compilation
of all the statistics and diagnosis that you would ever wish to know.  I don't
offhand remember the name ((something something )II ?DMS II?,if you wish the
name, I can ask somebody), but in there, the #1 rape cause IS violence,but
not far behind it is just the the male wanted sex. Whenever someone says that
what they are saying is 'proven statistically', or that 'everybody knows it',
the one thought that I think of is 'lies, damn lies, and statistics'.  The
person attempting to make their point is,of course,going to take the worst case
possibility, and not tell the other side. Whenever I hear the 'fact' that the
rapist 'had their sexual needs met', I happened to first hear that as 'the
rapist had a girlfriend', which then (somehow) implied that his needs were
being met.  I do not want to hear 'well documented fact' unless I know the
source, the statistics (percent error, sample size, etc) and supporting
evidence.  I have heard for a long time all these 'facts', etc by such 'noted'
people as Dr. Joyce Brothers (oh boy), and never any reports with statistics,
etc to back them up.  I just wish people would  P L E A S E back up what they
are saying with hard evidence.  Do not construe the above as defending either
side of the issue, but as an attempt to bring more information into the fold.
   Ken Hollis