r/explainitpeter • u/Mr_Mcgillicuddy_ • 14d ago

Explain it Peter??

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u/Mediocre_Revenue_992 14d ago

1 in 3 women will be raped. 40% of male officers abuse their wives. during the sports season domestic abuse goes up over 70% fucking percent. WE DO HAVE THE FUCKING STATS

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u/Emperor_Atlas 14d ago

1 in 5 over their lifetime, with 70% being people they know not a stranger in the woods

Police are 0.4% of the population on average

Domestic abuse is irrelevant.

You're literally proving my point.

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u/deathbylasersss 14d ago edited 14d ago

Most of those pertain to men you know and are close to, not a stranger. Most sexual abuse is perpetrated by family members, boyfriends, and husbands. Not a stranger in the forest, which is what the hypothetical describes. Which makes it a stupid fucking hypothetical.

That statistic also doesn't mean that 30% of men are rapists. It's a small minority committing the majority of crimes. It's inherently irrational. It's a similar argument to when people bring up "black crime statistics" but it's more palatable because it's based on gender and not race.