Rape Statistics

[jimhines]

Earlier this week, I referenced a CDC study on rape statistics as part of my post about tiresome mansplainers and harassment. It was pointed out that this particular study was potentially problematic in the narrow way it defined the rape of men. Fair enough - and I agree that from my reading and experience, the actual number of male rape survivors

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[deborahblakehps]

Have you been following the news report (I saw it on CBS last night and this morning) on the VAST number of rape kits that are sitting in police evidence rooms somewhere, completely untouched?

The report I saw said that one place (I don't remember which one) went back to kits from the '90s and based on the evidence was able to convict large numbers of serial rapists who had been active for all the years since then. *headdesk*