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I've just read both links (in the OP).
I have known for far too long that I am a misanthropist and lacking in empathy, but I am astonished by the simplicity, stupidity and lack of humanity contained in the blogs.
There are, undoubtedly, some important issues raised, but none dealt with in a sensible or logical manner.
I do not dispute that one in six American women will be assaulted during their life, but could someone please explain the maths here;
""One in every six American women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. I bet you don’t think you know any rapists, but consider the sheer number of rapes that must occur. These rapes are not all committed by Phillip Garrido, Brian David Mitchell, or other members of the Brotherhood of Scary Hair and Homemade Religion. While you may assume that none of the men you know are rapists, I can assure you that at least one is. Consider: if every rapist commits an average of ten rapes (a horrifying number, isn’t it?) then the concentration of rapists in the population is still a little over one in sixty. That means four in my graduating class in high school. One among my coworkers. One in the subway car at rush hour. Eleven who work out at my gym. ""
The above paragraph is the product of either a very, disturbed mind that thinks it is regaining control by multiplying 6 by 10, or a deliberate/ridiculous non-sequitur.