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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6440589/Date-rape-drink-spiking-an-urban-legend.html
Widespread spiking of drinks with date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB is an "urban legend" fuelled by young women unwilling to accept they have simply consumed too much alcohol, academics believe. A study of more than 200 students revealed many wrongly blamed the effects of a "bad night out" on date-rape drugs, when they had just drunk excessively.
Many are in "active denial" that drinking large amounts of alcohol can leave them "incoherent and incapacitated", the Kent University researchers concluded. Young women's fears about date-rape drugs are so ingrained that students mistakenly think it is a more important factor in sexual assault than being drunk, taking drugs or walking alone at night.
The study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, found three-quarters of students identified drink spiking as an important risk – more than alcohol or drugs. More than half said they knew someone whose drink had been spiked.
But despite popular beliefs, police have found no evidence that rape victims are commonly drugged with such substances, the researchers said.
Dr Adam Burgess from the university's School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, said: "Young women appear to be displacing their anxieties about the consequences of consuming what is in the bottle on to rumours of what could be put there by someone else.
(Score: 4, Informative) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday September 20 2016, @11:48PM
> It works, muslim countries have much lower rates of all kinds of crimes
Citation needed. My understanding was that the inverse is true: That the more sexually repressed a society and its womenfolk, the higher the frequency of sexual violence / rape. Of course getting good stats is hard because of reporting bias, but that should bias the figures in favour of the repressed countries[1]. Instead the data seems to back up my assertion above - conservative Islam is not doing anybody any favours.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/28803/title/Porn--Good-for-us-/ [the-scientist.com]
[1] A woman is far more likely to report a rape in the west, because, well... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448 [bbc.co.uk]
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:11AM
I was going to say the same. And the bias is going to be even more dramatic in cultures that view being a rape victim as infidelity/promiscuity for which the punishment lies somewhere between complete social exile and death.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:39AM
> Citation needed.
Hard to find due to differences in local definitions. But it is important to compare like to like.
So comparing a 1st world country to a 3rd world country, regardless of religion, isn't valid.
However the conservative practice of women not being alone with a man who is not family makes "date rape" practically impossible. That still leaves other forms of assault like spousal rape and incest. But those fit within the "men are animals" mindset.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday September 21 2016, @09:55PM
However the conservative practice of women not being alone with a man who is not family makes "date rape" practically impossible.
So women should all stay home with their families until their parents marry them off or something? Jeez. There is no reason women should have to fear going out in public, at least no more so than men do. Maybe these "conservative practices" should include some sort of chivalry where men act honorably towards women and each other. The idea that women need to surrender rights to be protected in ordinary social situations is the idea that is wrong.