Hmm. Seriously, do you really think newspaper articles are a good way of measuring rape statistics? I'd say they are actually worse than the stupid way feminists measure rape stats, and that is going some.somedumbguy wrote:Last time I searched the campus newspaper and the local/state/regional newspapers for rapes that occur in the city this school is located in, I couldn't find more than ONE rape reported in a several year period that was linked to a student on campus.
So clearly, for my local state school, there is a huge discrepancy between expected rapes, expected reported rapes and newspaper reported rapes.
Oddly enough, most rape victims are victims of rape by someone known to them - a family member, a friend, or someone within their social circle. The last thing they want is this splashed all over the media, for fairly obvious reasons. And, again, the police have to keep such reports confidential for exactly that reason.
Seriously, if you are expecting rapes to be widely reported in the media, you are so far from having a clue about rape you might as well join the feminists and use their made-up figures, because yours are no better. Incidentally, the problem of failure to report rape is worst for male rape victims, who still attach considerable social stigma to reporting the fact that they were brutally sodomised by a friend or family member. I'll leave you to ponder that one for a bit.