Bros fight back
by digby
There's missing the point and then there's missing the point:
On Tuesday, Glenn Beck's The Blaze decided to air a series of pre-recorded skits in order to cast doubt on the statistics cited by the President, that one in five women have been sexually assaulted at college.
The Blaze's Stu Burguiere claims in a Thursday blog post that the two studies that the Obama administration used for its sexual assault statistic, the Campus Sexual Assault Study and the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, are misleading.
Burguiere spends most of his time trying to debunk the 2010 study, arguing that the questions asked weren't actually about sexual assault, which in turn led to inflated statistics.
"But, how do you figure out if someone’s been raped? One way would be to ask the person if they have been raped. But, why do that when you can ask misleading questions and try and figure it out for yourself!" he wrote. "The study asked questions like: 'When you were drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent, how many people ever had sex with you?'"
The fun goes on from there.
It's 2014 folks. I just thought I should remind everyone of that in case they thought they'd awakened in a time warp.
I'm glad to note that we've made a lot of progress during my lifetime. But I am continually surprised by how antediluvian the attitudes toward women remain, despite it all. Even the young libertarian Republicans, who are allegedly liberal on social issues (meaning gay marriage and marijuana legalization) are still throwbacks when it comes to women's rights. This fight is a long way from over.
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