Are people reporting rapes drastically more in the last 10 years? That chart doubles from 2004 to 2014 which is quite a difference.

The way I understand it, old rape crimes that women never reported in the 70's/80's were reported much later. Like, someone was raped in the past, but the number adds to the year it's reported.

What constitutes a rape attempt that differs it from a rape. Seems strange that this line stays the same.

This is not an american statistic, but I assume american statistics would be somewhat similar?

#TIMEFORTIM @ 10/11/2017 15:06

What constitutes a rape attempt that differs it from a rape. Seems strange that this line stays the same.

Yeah that is odd.. seems to almost imply that perpetrators are more effective now than they used to be with more 'successful' rapes but the same number of attempts.

Mittens @ 10/11/2017 16:09

#TIMEFORTIM @ 10/11/2017 15:06 What constitutes a rape attempt that differs it from a rape. Seems strange that this line stays the same. Yeah that is odd.. seems to almost imply that perpetrators are more effective now than they used to be with more 'successful' rapes but the same number of attempts.

People are more likely to report old rapes than old rape attempts.

#TIMEFORTIM @ 10/11/2017 23:06

What constitutes a rape attempt that differs it from a rape. Seems strange that this line stays the same.

Yeah, not really sure why this line has stayed the exact same throughout tbh. I think rape attempt is someone trying to rape someone but he either fails, the woman flees from the scene or someone intervenes. All manner of sexual misconduct falls under rape on this chart, so that could potentially explain the rise as well, since I'm not sure people always reported on all kinds of rape before.

I’ve got a legitimate question:

Does touching, smacking, or grabbing someone’s butt constitute sexual assault?

I bet rape was severely under-reported in the 90s and earlier

Mittens @ 10/11/2017 23:30

I’ve got a legitimate question: Does touching, smacking, or grabbing someone’s butt constitute sexual assault?

Not sure really, but I don't think so. The number on that graph only goes up to 7000, which is 7000 reported incidents for a 10 million population, so I don't think it accounts for that.

Touching, smacking, grabbing someone's breasts/neither regions probably does though. Unless it's a partner on partner situation.

Official american rape statistics are hard to find, found this one, it might or might not be legit.

Yeah I wasn’t specifically referring to the graph, my mistake for being unclear. I heard that Hope a solo is saying that the USA soccer director or something assaulted her by grabbing her butt. My first reaction was to think that doesn’t really constitute sexual assault but I wanted to ask the crowd

Groping is covered under the definition of sexual assault, even though it seems tame compared to the other things under that same umbrella. Rape, child molesting, and sexual torture.

Hm, after typing that up - maybe the good vibes topic wasn't a bad idea after all.

here's a chart I found on wikipedia from the Bureau of Justice

From the same wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States

Underreporting[edit]
A 2013 study found that rape is grossly underreported in the United States.[2] Furthermore, a 2014 study determined that police departments eliminate or undercount rapes from official records in part to "create the illusion of success in fighting violent crime".[3]