No, not conviction rate. The conviction rate is 4% of total rapes, of which only 3% serve a day in jail. False accusations are wholly separate from convictions.

Maybe they do, except they basically never do. Where's the rash of false accusations against athletes by all these imagined gold diggers?

So you're say something that happens 2% of the time is "just as easily" what took place as something that happens 98% of the time?

1) They are baked into the 2-8%

You might think so as a matter of logic, but there's no evidence to support that, and really what evidence there is points in the opposite direction. Believe it or not, most women don't want to be torn apart by high-priced lawyers and PR teams. If you want to extort an athlete, there are many easier ways.

I think we'd already established that Jameis doesn't understand the meaning of "no."

You wouldn't make it past their buffer zone. : /

They specifically say in the ruling that blood transfusions can't be denied for the same reasons birth control can be denied.

They narrowed the decision to ONLY the contraception question, to avoid all those pesky worries and questions about not covering blood transfusions, vaccines, etc.

"Colored" you say???

...Seriously guys?

What in the hell is the tone of this article?? Pretty much nothing about this is funny, besides privileged america once again showing its ass. At least Mark's post semi-acknowledged it.

Newscaster seems like kind of an asshole. Also, very much missing the point. They're so eager to wag their fingers at the SiLlY women who are like "he's cute" and not talk about actual issues here, like how every day thousands of people who are less good looking than Meeks pass through a for-profit prison system,…

As disgusting as the video is, I can't bring myself to be outraged when it begins with the ridiculously hilarious concept of R Kelly having medical knowledge. And Gaga, seriously, "It seems like the medicine is starting to kick in!"…? Is this your audition for the porn industry in case the whole music thing doesn't…

A smaller secondary point to the one you raised: I also found this really reductive and insulting to men who are married, have children and are not abusive monsters. The implication that the only reason they're caring and loving spouses and fathers is because of a government contract is pretty gross.

It isn't. But the reason those women aren't victims of violence has a lot more to do with socio economic status than marital status specifically.

Why is it always white authors who are always looking to find hidden racism in media and declare how terrible it is? Sometimes it feels like white authors are trying to explain racism to the Black community and how offended people should be. Can you imagine how annoying it would be if men were always trying to tell…

This sounds like something a troll on Reddit told me once.

Dear old white men, shut the fuck up.