all we are is dust in the wind, dude

socialismartnature:

Out of every 100 rapes:

• 46 are reported to the police
• 12 rapes will resort in an arrest
• 9 rape cases are prosecuted
• 5 rape cases lead to a felony conviction
• Only 3 rapists will ever spend a day in jail

In a survey of 11-14 year-old boys:

• 51% believed rape was acceptable if a boy spent a lot of money on a girl
• 31% believed rape was acceptable  if a girl had past sexual experience
• 65% believed rape were acceptable if a girl and boy had been dating for more than 6 months
• 87% believed rape were acceptable if the woman and man are married

A woman might not even have grown up understanding what rape is…because in a survey of 11-14 year-old girls:

• 41% believed rape was acceptable if a boy spent a lot of money on a girl
• 32% believed rape was acceptable  if a girl had past sexual experience
• 47% believed rape were acceptable if a girl and boy had been dating for more than 6 months
• 79% believed rape were acceptable if the woman and man are married

In a survey of college males:

• 35% admit - anonymously - that they would rape under the circumstances that they could get away with it
• 1 in 12 admitted to committing acts defined as rape, but 84% of rapists did not recognize those acts as rape

In yet another survey of college males:

• 43% of college-aged men admitted to using coercive behavior to have sex, including ignoring a woman’s protest, using physical aggression, and forcing intercourse.
• 15% acknowledged they had committed acquaintance rape; 11% acknowledged using physical restraints to force a woman to have sex.

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I could go on, but attitudinal surveys and acceptance of rape myths are far more telling than legal statistics.

(via nakedpersons)