Based on my limited data, I would say the percentage is too low. I've known six women well enough for them to tell me about such an experience from their past, and five of them had been raped before. I'm kind of a dinosaur so grain of salt, but:

thanks for this article. It is easy for people to forget that a number of girls and woman are assaulted before they reach college age. All of those women need support and help.

Yes. I'm definitely a part of those statistics. The one dance club by my college was notorious for having random guys grab you. One night, I had one guy come up behind me and goose me under my short skirt. Later that same night, a different guy pinched my nipple through my tank top. I should be able to wear…

I am glad this article exists. Now I can link to the CDC when I argue with morons on the internet that think rape isn't something that is that big a deal. (I'd love to not argue with people, but unless such time as they stop being idiots, or I manage to care less, this will have to do.)

Funny, in the ironic sense, as I received my first online rape threat today. Here on Jezebel.

Not to go off topic but i have noticed that Jezebel has not covered about what is going on in Canada, over a 1,000 + aboriginal women have gone missing or have been murdered (also most of them were probably raped, beaten or sold into sex slavery) yet no-one is doing anything about it. A few weeks ago 15 year old…

I wonder if some of the discrepancies between races are due to their own cultural definitions of rape. My (Chinese) mom definitely did not subscribe to the concept of rape within marriage. When I explained that my then-husband woke me up via raping me, then she was horrified, because it interrupted my sleep! And…

I think sadly a big part of how I formed an opinion of my worth as a teen was from a particular interaction with boys that were older than me. None of the catcalling I recieved at that time was appreciative or even complimentary. It was lewd, degrading and made me wary of all men. What these boys said to me was …

I definitely believe this. But I think there is another kind of catcalling as well. The kind you describe is just entertainment for the men— they don't expect anything out of it, they tend not to be offended if a woman dismisses them. As a woman, that kind of catcalling is annoying and distracting and insulting and…

The idea of being flattered by a cat-call assumes that it is a complimentary comment, as in "Wow, you're beautiful!" Sadly, that's not what most street harassment is. Last time I got street harassed, I refused to acknowledge a group of young men in a corner store who were whistling at me and asking my name. When I…

Today at work, some dude in leadership told me to "Smile more!" the second I walked in the door. I told him that he doesn't get to tell me what to do with myself. He said, "Why not? Because I'm not your direct supervisor?" I was like, "Uh no, neither of you guys get to tell me how or when to show emotion. Jesus…

You have to be a special kind of naive if you think some doctors aren't pushing there own pharmaceutically funded agenda..

But their kids wouldn't be using drugs or sexually active because their kids would never do that. I hear it a lot from the parents at school.

What, are you saying us commenters are needlessly antagonistic?!?! Well, fuck you, then!!!

The ignorance of birth control is really sad. People think that if girls use it, they're going to have sex with half the school. I've been on birth control since I was 16 years old (I'm 22 now) for reasons that have nothing to do with sex, and I've had sex with a total of 0 people so far.

Yes, this is totally correct.

The dispatcher was actually influenced by the lesser known honey badger moon. It causes one to not give a fuck.

SO sorry you went through that. Unfortunately, loads of women do, and we're all pretty much fucked from Monday through Sunday for decades later; good luck eliciting sympathy; the college grads at Jez are often the worst for "shut up" "that would never have happened at my school, you went to the wrong school" and/or…

Thanks - in a very round about way I think this —and unfortunately a few other instances of sexual abuse afterwards — made me a stronger person. I was incredibly sheltered growing up and that was a tough thing to go through my first time being away from home. My mother was supportive and did everything she could to…

Can we talk about how shitty the care is for survivors after they've reported, esp confidentially? I mean, yes, we MUST do all we can to end it, but in the meantime, can we make universities be more accountable to the people who have suffered (likely as a result of their shitty policies)? I am just hoping (selfishly)…