Re: Date Rape Research Controversy

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kate Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Let me quote three facts from the essay which make this unlikely to be
>the truth.

Heh. Hastening to beat a spectacular thunderstorm, I left one out. :-) So, 
thirdly:

"... as Muehlenhard et al (1994) point out, in Koss' survey, victims of 
acquaintance rape were less likely to label their experience "rape" than 
victims of stranger rape - but their levels of psychological, 
relationship, and sexual problems were no lower."

That suggests there's no correlation between whether the victim uses the
specific word "rape", and how much damage the attack does them. It doesn't 
support the suggestion that the women weren't really raped after all.

Kate Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/
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