Prophetable said:
Studies are useful
but not infallible.
We're partially conducting one now.
We
don't have all the facts of every rape commited
with all of the details including the rapists thoughts and motives. For this reason statistics are also far from conclusive.
But hey, no problems! The experts can fill in the gaps with their own bias and opinion. Then even better, they can team up and call it "supported theories".
We are in no way conducting a study. We are conducting an internet debate. A scientific study is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
Statstics that are gathered by statiticians and researchers are not man-on-the-street are not studies nor do they produce scientific statistical results.
And, every study presented as shown that blame of rape is not to be blamed on the victim, but instead, on the perp, and often on the society that supports the perp.
Sociologists, doctors, psychiatrists, police, etc, perform studies, research, and fact gathering, and they admit their biases in their findings. And because biases are so diverse, the studies, facts, and other findings presented have shown and supported the fact the rape is the perp's fault.
Internet discussion is far from scientific research. I can understand, however, that if someone thinks internet discussions are akin to reliable research they will think that research may be tainted and unreliable.
For rapists certainly, but to assert that all people arguing contrary to your view are in this category is over the top. Personally, I'm trying to be objective about this topic.
And so is everyone else, which is why there is so much evidence being presented by the side that says "rape is the fault of the perp".
To, on the one hand, claim social scientists, police, and other professionals who are knowledgable in the subject are baised to the point of their information being irrelavent, while on the other hand claiming to be objective, is sort of, well, strange.
Let me try this analogy:
Carl, 26, is walking down a busy city street, dressed well in a business suit, has a briefcase, and is off to his first day as a junior accountant. However, as he is turning the corner, two men jump him, tackle him to the ground, and beat him up.
When the two suspects are arrested, they are asking why they attacked Carl. They reply, "because he was an African American in a suit. He must have stole it, and we were just so angry seeing a black man taking something that belongs to a white guy that we had to beat him up!".
Now, in truth, as we already know, Carl was just a normal guy walking to his job. He has stolen nothing. But he was beaten. Was it his fault that the men were angry? No. Was it his fault he was beaten? No.
So why then, if it is not Carl's fault that he was beaten, it is Anne's fault when she is raped?
Of course, the answer is that neither Carl nor Anne are responsible for being attacked. They were simply going about their lives. It is the suspects that are to blame for the attacks.
