Sexual Assault and Possible Misconceptions

[BeauBenken]

And that is accurate. Forced kissing fits the definition, but you are trying to say the stats are wrong by misrepresenting what sexual assault is. Nobody is saying that forced kissing is the same as rape, but you are using the term sexual assault incorrectly if you do not think it includes unwanted sexual contact. You are diminishing your own point about the statistics. I think 1 in 5 is probably pretty accurate for sexual assault.

To bring up a point that Wizards didn't cover, the study that came up with the 1 in 5 number also noted that it was done by survey and that people who had suffered from sexual assault were also more likely (possibly) to perform the survey than others.

Sex assault surveys not the answer: Column

The estimated 19% sexual assault rate among college women is based on a survey at two large four-year universities, which might not accurately reflect our nation’s colleges overall. In addition, the survey had a large non-response rate, with the clear possibility that those who had been victimized were more apt to have completed the questionnaire, resulting in an inflated prevalence figure.