[fintstone]

Sounds to me like you really agree that they made up the numbers...and are fine with that.

The way they do these studies is to get a bunch of women together and talk to them about rape. Define it very loosely...and give examples like...your husband demands sex all the time. Sometimes you really don't feel like it...but you give in. Rape. Then ask the women...how many of them know someone who was raped and did not report it. 90% raise their hands...as they think they might. Since they are from the same group and know the same people...many may be talking about the very same person. There is no way to tell because no names are asked. Some may have heard a woman claim rape who really was not (he said, she said). Suddenly, the math shows that almost ever man has raped someone. Oh my!

When you make up "statistics" in this manner, they say whatever you design the study to show. Been there, done that, collected the paycheck.

Go out and stand by the highway and tell me how many of the cars are speeding. Should I accept your statistics and arrest them? Better yet...ask any group how many people driving faster than them are maniacs and how many slower are idiots.

There is absolutely no way to tell how many actual rapes are unreported or how many reported ones were false accusations. The only real facts are how many are reported and how many reported cases are overturned. The rest is little better than sheer conjecture. I can very easily manufacture a "study" to provide exactly the opposite indications.

Get some real data. Obviously if that many women are raped each year and do not report it...a high percentage of men have raped a women. Do a poll here and ask how many of themen have raped a woman. See if those "statistics" match up with the ones you have reported.