Between "rape" and "sexual assault"?

this thread is gonna get interesting...

It varies, so it depends on the specific statute you're referring to.

Re: Frat brothers rape 300% more,1 in 5 women sexually assaulted

I think we all know what rape is, but what is "sexual assault" in the context of this statistic? Is it something as simple as an unwanted advance (for instance a grope on the dance floor at a club) or are 1 in 5 women raped?

You'd have to look at the source offering that statistic, and their source for it. So, you're asking a question that only you can really answer.

I did some digging on this particular case and the Washington Post provided a good analysis:

Quote:In the Winter of 2006, researchers used a Web-based survey to interview undergraduates at two large public universities, one in the Midwest and one in the South. A total of 5,446 undergraduate women, between the ages of 18-25, participated as part of a random sample. The survey was anonymous and took about 15 minutes to complete. (Participants received a $10 Amazon.com certificate for participating.)

So, first of all, it’s important to remember that this is a single survey, based on the experiences of students at two universities. As the researchers acknowledged, these results clearly can be generalized to those two large four-year universities, but not necessarily elsewhere. Moreover, the response rate was relatively low

Quote:The survey found that 1,073 women, or 19 percent, said that they experienced attempted or completed sexual assault since entering college. The actual breakdown was that 12.6 percent experienced attempted sexual assault and 13.7 percent experienced actual sexual assault. (There was some overlap.)

Quote:The sexual assault instances were further divided into sexual assault while incapacitated from drugs or alcohol or sexual assault through physical force. Most of the sexual assaults were identified as rapes, though the report said “sexual battery” could have included “sexual touching,” such as forced kissing or fondling.

Quote: “Almost 20% of the seniors experienced some type of sexual assault since entering college, with 6.9% experiencing physically forced sexual assault and 16.0% experiencing incapacitated sexual assault.”

Quote:In other words, information that is localized to the seniors at two colleges has now been extrapolated by politicians to the universe of college experience

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact...statistic/

So in other words, the information and the sample is garbage. Even with the garbage sample, the number for forced sexual assault, which includes kissing and groping, is only 6.9%. The rest were walks of shame and regret.

Can't a sexual assault be a tittie grab? Rape means penetration.

Rape usually involves penetration of some sort. Sexual assault can be anything from unwanted sexual touching and groping to anything involving some sexual element and that of an assault, depending on the jurisdiction.

I’m guessing sexual assault can involve something other than genitalia.

Camille Paglia's take:

Quote:Wildly overblown claims about an epidemic of sexual assaults on American campuses....... Despite hysterical propaganda about our “rape culture,” the majority of campus incidents being carelessly described as sexual assault are not felonious rape (involving force or drugs) but oafish hookup melodramas, arising from mixed signals and imprudence on both sides.

Colleges should stick to academics and stop their infantilizing supervision of students’ dating lives, an authoritarian intrusion that borders on violation of civil liberties. Real crimes should be reported to the police, not to haphazard and ill-trained campus grievance committees.

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(09-29-2014 09:09 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Between "rape" and "sexual assault"?

Is sexual assault just an unsuccessful rape attempt?

Rape involves penetration.

Sexual Assault. Would be any unwanted physical touching.

(09-29-2014 11:41 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Rape involves penetration.

Sexual Assault. Would be any unwanted physical touching.

Like what happens during a Dentist visit.