{"id":4088,"date":"2014-02-17T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genderratic.com\/?p=4088"},"modified":"2014-10-23T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T18:18:09","slug":"who-defines-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeybadgerbrigade.com\/2014\/02\/17\/who-defines-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Who defines rape?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty years ago Nara Shoenberg and Sam Roe challenged feminist myth making about rape. Let’s take a look at what they had to say in their article, The Making of an Epidemic.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The article shows the connection between Koss, Steinem, and the 1 in 4 myth. It’s on page 8 of the newspaper, page 5 of the archive.<\/p>\n

She was a little-known Professor at Kent State University when a male coleague proposed a subject for study: Do college men view women with large breasts as likely rape victims? Women in the study would wear padded bras.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Koss thought studying students was promising, but “the padded bra study had to go.”<\/p>\n

Eventually, she conducted a study of her own: She surveyed Kent State students and found 1 in 8 women had been raped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There was little media attention, and Dr. Koss, who just had her first child, was considering cutting back on her research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then the phone call came.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I’m calling from Ms. magazine,” the voice said, “and Gloria would like you to come to New York and have lunch with us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“My God,” Dr. Koss said to herself. “I’ve just been invited to go to New York and have lunch with Gloria Steinem!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ms. wanted to sponsor a national campus rape survey, and Dr. Koss agreed to do one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article is an early articulation of many of the same points we see discussed here regarding the surveys feminists have used to make claims of widespread sexual assault against women. Among the things it points out:<\/p>\n