Category Archives: Mary Koss controversy

The 1 in 4 distortion: Where did it come from?

Posted on December 7, 2004 by Ampersand

A while ago, I was on some anti-feminist website debating rape prevalence statistics, and of course the “1 in 4” figure came up. If you’re a feminist, you may not be familiar with the figure; but among anti-feminists, the “1 … Continue reading →

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Just Another IWF Hypocrisy

Posted on June 8, 2004 by Ampersand

The IWF has criticized Mary Koss’ study of rape incidence over and over for being “commissioned by Ms. Magazine.” I’ve written about this before. What I didn’t realize until last week (when I was researching this post) is that the … Continue reading →

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Links, links, links, and still more links

Posted on May 27, 2004 by Ampersand

I wish I had time to make a post of each of these links, but alas… So here they are. Sorry if this post seems a bit abrupt; it’s not because I think the topics under discussion aren’t important. Excellent … Continue reading →

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A further thought on all these rape statistics

Posted on May 5, 2004 by Ampersand

[This is a reprint of a post from 2002, following up on the previous post, which is also a reprint from 2002.] In the comments for my earlier post discussing rape, Rob Lyman wrote: There’s been strikingly little discussion about … Continue reading →

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How Many Men are Rapists?

Posted on May 5, 2004 by Ampersand

In the comments to Monday’s post about Mary Koss’ rape prevalence research, Donald Johnson asks: I guess this would be hard to estimate (and even more controversial), but are there any estimates of what percentage of the male population are … Continue reading →

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The IWF on Koss, part two.

Posted on May 4, 2004 by Ampersand

An anonymous IWF author, criticizing Mary Koss’ famous study of rape incidence (there’s more info in this post, for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about), wrote: Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 1997. *According to … Continue reading →

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The IWF on Mary Koss’ Rape Research

Posted on May 3, 2004 by Ampersand

A recent Wendy McElroy column cited this IWF critique of rape prevalence research by Mary Koss. (For those of you who don’t know it, the IWF – or Independent Women’s Forum – is a right-wing anti-feminist think tank.) Here’s what … Continue reading →

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Wendy McElroy on Koss: Seven mistakes in two sentences

Posted on April 30, 2004 by Ampersand

I don’t expect Wendy McElroy to report anything accurately (she does write for FOX, after all). Still, her discussion of Mary Koss in a recent Foxnews column included two sentences, which were a simply amazing example of McElroy’s inability to … Continue reading →

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Rape Prevalence Statistics on Donohue

Posted on February 6, 2003 by Ampersand

I was reading a transcript of a Donahue show (via Ms Musings) themed around the question “are women getting a free ride?,” an episode devoted mainly to anti-feminists Warren Farrell, Marc Angelucci and Peter Allemano (Farrell is the author of … Continue reading →

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Fact-Checking the Anti-Feminists; like following around an elephant with a bucket, no matter how much crap you clean up they keep producing more.

Posted on November 18, 2002 by Ampersand

Instapundit links to this interview with professional “anti-feminist feminists” Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Sommers. (The interview comes from “liberal media” PBS). I can’t claim to know the truth or fiction of everything the anti-fem mavens say. But, going from … Continue reading →

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