{"id":1321,"date":"2005-01-23T19:11:39","date_gmt":"2005-01-24T03:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/has-mary-koss-been-discredited\/"},"modified":"2017-06-24T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T18:06:08","slug":"has-mary-koss-been-discredited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1321","title":{"rendered":"Has Mary Koss been "discredited"?"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post is a copy of an email I just sent to Glenn Sacks. Glenn Sacks is the host of “His Side,”<\/a> a men’s rights radio show. Tonight’s guest was Hugo Schwyzer<\/a>. I thought Hugo did a terrific job, but I won’t comment further on that here – I figure that Hugo will probably post about it on his own blog, so if I’ve got anything to say about that I can wait and post it in Hugo’s comments.) ((In 2005, most people – me included – were still being fooled by Hugo’s act. Mea culpa, mea culpa.))<\/p>\n

(More “Alas” posts on the Mary Koss “controversy.”<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Glenn –<\/p>\n

Thanks for letting me speak on your show tonight! It was fun. If I ever call again, I’ll try to be more eloquent.<\/p>\n

After I hung up, you described Mary Koss’ study – and, specifically, her finding in the 80s that 1 in 4 women had been victims of rape or attempted rape – as “discredited.” I have to wonder – what does the word “discredited” mean to you?<\/p>\n

Usually, when talking about an academic study, a “discredited” study is one whose findings have been disproven by later studies, and which is no longer cited in peer-reviewed journals.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Koss’ major findings have, as I imagine you know, been supported by many recent studies, including two nationwide studies conducted by the Federal government. As for citations, this past May I looked up Koss’ two Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology<\/em> reports on the “ISI Web of Science Citation Index.” At that time, 611 articles came up that cited one or both articles since 1992; the most recent citation was less than a week old. I skimmed the first few pages, and as far as I could tell the citations were respectful, not cautionary or dismissive.<\/p>\n

Of course, Koss has published facets of her study in many places besides those two articles. My guess is that a complete search for citations of all Koss’ publications based on this study, would find well over a thousand citations.<\/p>\n

I realize, of course, that Koss’ work has been widely criticized in non-peer-reviewed publications by anti-feminists and men’s rights advocates. However, surely that alone doesn’t make it fair to call an academic study “discredited”! Koss’ major findings have been replicated, and her work continues to be frequently cited in peer-reviewed journals. By any reasonable standard for judging academic work, that’s just the opposite of being discredited.<\/p>\n

Barry
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\n[Update<\/strong>: Edited to correct the spelling of Glenn’s name. Sorry ’bout that, Glenn!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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