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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-03-24 06:51 pm

[ SECRET POST #2638 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2638 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-03-25 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
i think it's really shitty that some of you are so hellbent on blaming women for their own rapes

Who here is blaming women for their own rapes? I don't see anyone doing that.

Here's why people want legitimate sources (the ayrt already explained, but let me see if I can rephrase it): when bad sources are used to prove things like this, it provides ammunition for the other side. I'm guessing you haven't seen rape deniers/apologists point to the use of bogus stats to discredit feminists and victims' advocates, but I definitely have. Shit, I saw a columnist in the Wall Street Journal do it, back when the Obama administration first started trying to take the military to task for its piss-poor handling of sexual assault.

Good sources help us. Bad sources hurt us.

I would also add that accurate information is more useful for solving problems. Bogus stats can behave like red herrings and drive attention away from the central issue. I'm not saying that that's necessarily what's going on here, but given that the potential is there, we need to be savvy.