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From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
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Subject: Re: attitudes towards rape
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 14:05:45 EDT
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> For those who think American attitudes towards rape are changing, the following
> survery should be of interest.  The surveys were conducted by Martha Burt,
> director of social services research at The Urban Institute.
> 
> 	* More than half of the people feel that reported rapes are not
> 	really rapes, because the woman wanted to get even with the man,
> 	or she was pregnant and wanted to protect her reputation.
> 
> 	* One third to two thirds feel that women who are raped deserve
> 	it if they were hitchhiking, wearing a short skirt, or engaging
> 	in necking or or petting.  They also feel that the majority of rape
> 	victims are promiscuous or have a bad reputation.
> 
> The original survey was conducted in 1977; followups since then indicate
> that attitudes have not changed much.

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Add to this an interesting item.

A recent study buy a west coast rape study group (sorry I cant remember
which one I believe the report was quoted in either  _Redbook_  or  
_Mademoiselle_magazine_) interviewed 500 rape victims.

The result - 2 out of 5 indicated that they had been the victims of
multiple rapes i.e. gang rape. 


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