Wendy McElroy recently wrote an excellent summary of the methodological and philosophical problems with the commonly repeated claim that 1 in 4 college women have been the victims of rape and/or attempted rape.

Most disturbing is what McElroy calls the “re-definition of sexual violence” to count as rape sexual activity that doesn’t involve even threats, much less violence.

Source:

The Myths of Rape. Wendy McElroy, IFeminists.Com, May 22, 2001.

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