The Kavanaugh confirmation hearings seem to have boosted
Republican voter involvement – maybe – apparently by turning out the rapist
vote.
Question is: how big is the
rapist vote? Sexual assault is distressingly common in the USA. But how many perpetrators
are there? My quick searching shows nothing, which means there is probably no
widely publicized study of the matter. RAINN’s summary of
perpetrator statistics shows that most are men, many repeat their
offenses and that, of perpetrators reported to the authorities, many have
criminal records.
Beyond the actual rapists, there
are rape apologists. If the water was muddy before, here it opaque. Fantasies
of sexual desire are a staple of our culture among both men and women –
probably of every human culture – and distressingly many people don’t
distinguish between the fantasies of desire and the realities of sexual
assault.
Could the number of Republican
voters influenced by the Kavanaugh hearings be as high as 30%?
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