Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 22, 2014 - 05:36pm PT
It's in today's paper. I figured someone would have posted up on this by now. I love the NYT op-ed section. It's a pretty big deal (Ron Burgundy big) to get published here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/who-suffers-most-from-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-america.html?_r=0
Congrats Callie. That is a real honor and an important message too.
I am not surprised at your general results. But I am surprised that your study is one of so few. Quantifying a problem is critical.
Thanks, Greg, and extra big thanks to Crimpergirl.
Proud Crimpie!
There's been a great movement in the past few years to bring better education and understanding about the realities of rape and sex crimes against women. Of course it had to start with high-profile cases revolving well-loved college fraternities, but the ball got rolling and it has been both refreshing and saddening to see so many women come forth with stories and help to other victims.
There aren't many women in my circles who have not been abused or molested. I've spent more hours staring stone-faced at the floor while a happy and vibrant human lets me in on a darkness that they fight daily. I know our world is getting better, and things are getting better, but things are bad - REAL bad. Even in the best societies.
For the life of me I can't imagine doing those acts - not that I'm some kind of saint, I've sinned enough for a lifetime or two - but there is something innately despicable about forcing yourself on someone and taking their innocence that goes beyond my understanding. As my youthfully ignorant eyes are opened I am overwhelmed by the reality of the damage and the heart of the survivors.
Thanks for the link, I loved it. A great perspective.
Wow. Great and timely OP ED Callie. Right on!
Greg's comments are interesting- a few days ago, in another thread, someone derided the person who got their stuff stolen from their truck for not adequately securing their stuff- as though this person was somehow & to some degree mutually complicit & to blame for losing their stuff to some scumbag.
My impression of that position at that time brought me to the same viewpoint related to rape, esp. as in college environments. (I didn't bring it up at that time as it seemed too hyperbolic of a comparison.) There is a disturbing, real point of view out there that victims of rape who dress a particular way, drink too much, or say something in a particular way, are therefore complicit in what happens to them.
This point of view makes me nauseated....that it could possibly exist and somehow seem acceptable to anyone in our supposedly 'advanced' society. Greg's right...things are still bad out there.
Way to GO, CG!
Thanks Eeeyonkee for sharing. I'm glad folks are enjoying the piece. It's a shame that sexual violence continues to be a terrible problem here in the USA, but happy it is receiving increased attention. Hopefully that will make a difference.
Well done!
Nice work, Crimp!
Good work, Callie.
Good framing with the recent interest in sexual assault at colleges.
Do you have a PDF version of a paper where you go beyond
one-variable stratifications (which are the right starting point).
I am thinking you probably estimated a logit model where age and the
other factors are all considered at the same time,
and see what comes in as most significant after age.
Although it would quickly get too technical for an op-ed, probably.
Awesome stuff, Callie.
Way to represent!
Brvavo!
Good on ya crimpie. That must have been a hard piece to write.
Wow, Crimpie, you have arrived!
Glad you shine a light on this topic. At the high school where I teach (60% qualifying for free lunch) an enormous fist is coming down on social media harassment and sexting. Males and females are equal offenders no matter the race or social class. With so many suspensions and law enforcement penalties, kids are finally "getting it." Schools all over CA are being sued for turning a blind eye.
Had my friends and I not taught Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings recently, we wouldn't have had girls come forward to report their molestation resembling the protagonist.
Change is happening to protect teens.
I'm very proud of Callie's hard work on this :-) We had sushi for dinner to celebrate - yum.
Brava! Callie, good work! I hope your studies help to open more dialogue about the issues of violence, especially sexual violence, against women in this country. We seem to have more than our share of it in this nation.
So glad to see the work you are doing, thank you
feralfae
Testify!!!
Clint - I sent you a PM. Let me know if it doesn't arrive.
the rest of the night off, mkay?
:) Thanks Reilly - will do. :) And thanks to the rest of you for your kind words.
Excellent! Thanks for a great article.
Susan
Callie that was an awesome piece. Thanks for the hard work you did to get it published :-D !!!
Outstanding work, and well-deserved recognition, Callie. I, too, would be interested in any multivariate statistics. While it doesn't surprise me (sad to say), it still saddens me that sexual assault and rape are two more indignities that the poorest women experience disproportionately.
John
This is important work and it's fantastic to have the opportunity to get it out to such a wide audience through the NYT.
Congratulations on the work and the high profile publication.
Congrats. Strangely enough I was just wondering the other night what you'd been up to.
Congrats on the national media exposeure for your research. Hopefully there will now be more attention on this horrible situation.
Kind of odd that that the only metric for rape cited in this article was income---- but not all that surprising, given that we are talking NY Times here.
That rape is more common amonst the economically and socially "disadvantaged" is not news.
Who funded this eye-opening revelation? Not the taxpayer I hope.
Let us know!