“Among American women, 1 of 8 will be diagnosed with breast cancer; 1 of 4 will be sexually assaulted.”

In light of the Steubenville rape case and the brutal gang rape in New Dehli, Washington Post published the following picture:

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Source: Washington Post

As usual when one tries to discuss rape, there is always a large cry of “won’t somebody think of the poor men, falsely accused by witchy women?”
Can we end that myth now, please?

Edit: The graph is originally from The Enliven Project.

(On a completely different note: the title quotes will from now on (or last post, I think) be the first tag in each post.)

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