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MrHarsh -> RE: Thoughts on Rape Play? (11/2/2008 7:08:44 AM)
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ORIGINAL: GirlGenius
TO ROVER, JOHN, BLGIRL, ANGELA-
I am deeply dissapointed that you feel you can speak for, "most" or "70%" of women, where you have decided based on whatever personal experience you have that, that a rape fantasy is that common.
who the H** do you think you are?
You don't get to prescribe what you think the world thinks. Since it is scientifically impossible to have been with 70% of ALL WOMEN, you don't really get the right to say what they want.
Rape fantasies are in my experience rare.
I hate that you said these things. It bothers me that you think you know so much, when clearly what you are saying is 100% impossible to prove.
Statistical sampling allows us to "scale up" data to the total population through surveys of a segment of the population. You don't HAVE to ask everyone to get a good idea what everyone thinks. By getting information from a few thousand people one can draw conclusions about the population as a whole.
Yes, there are "margins of error," but those can be quantitatively assessed and controlled.
For example, the news is saturated these days with election polls. By sampling a few hundred or few thousand people, pollers can get an idea on how people will vote before the actual election. The poll results all come with margins of error. However, none of these polls surveyed every person in America to get their answers.
Surveys on sexual behavior do exist. For example, this one: http://cloud9.norc.uchicago.edu/dlib/t-25.htm . More relevant to this discussion would be the work of Brett Karr, who sampled over 19000 people on their sexual fantasies. (See here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/03/society )
See also: http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/news/20021119005144_health_news.shtml
For an article on rape fantasies in women, see here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_1_45/ai_n24383385/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1
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Overall, there are nine reports of the percentage of women who have had rape fantasies, with these estimates ranging from 31% to 57%. Estimates were evenly distributed, with a median of 42%. In addition, these may be underestimates. Claims have been made within the academic and popular cultures that rape fantasies reflect personal and societal pathology (e.g., Brownmiller, 1975). Sentiments such as these suggest that many women may be ashamed of having rape fantasies.
Based on this data, one can say with confidence that at LEAST 40% (or 2 out of every 5) women have rape fantasies. One could probably get away with saying half of all women have rape fantasies, based on the research suggesting that these types of fantasies are under reported.
To say rape fantasies are "rare" is terribly uniformed, bordering on just plain wrong.
It is also very unlikely, however, that 70% of all women have such fantasies. I don't believe such an estimate deserves to be met with hostilities, however.
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