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October 19, 2007

Women, Men and Rape

by Joanna Bourke, OpenDemocracy, UK - One in every five female friends of mine will at some stage in their lives be forced into having sex. Furthermore, many young men seem blasé about sexual coercion. In one influential American study, one in every three men attending college reported, hypothetically, that they would rape a woman if they were guaranteed that they would not be caught.
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