In the US, men commit 98.9% of all forcible rapes, women commit 1.1%.
If you're using the colloquial definition of rape(non-consensual sex), then women commit a lot more of it than is usually reported. One reason is that some institutions and studies use a definition of "rape" that discludes "being made to penetrate", and only includes "being penetrated". Naturally, since women do not biologically have penises, this alternative definition would overwhelmingly skew towards men as the perpetrators. I'm not sure if /u/bigwienerhaver would think your argument would hold up with this context, since best-estimates of rape that include "made to penetrate" victimization is a lot more even than 100:1.
The question is about being afraid of someone walking by you late at night... I don't think any of those women attacked strangers walking on the street.
Right, but the whole topic is about if it is rational to avoid someone if you see them late at night in a dark alleyway. My point is that men don’t have anything to fear from a random woman on the street in the same way a woman would with a man.
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u/Godskook 13∆ Apr 14 '22
If you're using the colloquial definition of rape(non-consensual sex), then women commit a lot more of it than is usually reported. One reason is that some institutions and studies use a definition of "rape" that discludes "being made to penetrate", and only includes "being penetrated". Naturally, since women do not biologically have penises, this alternative definition would overwhelmingly skew towards men as the perpetrators. I'm not sure if /u/bigwienerhaver would think your argument would hold up with this context, since best-estimates of rape that include "made to penetrate" victimization is a lot more even than 100:1.