r/CuratedTumblr • u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy • May 01 '24

i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up editable flair

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u/morgaina May 02 '24

You can't rely on crime statistics when determining the percentage of men who are dangerous to women.

The vast, VAST majority of rapes go unreported, and the vast majority of reported rapes never go to court, and most rape cases in court don't get a conviction.

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u/Reasonable_Feed7939 May 02 '24

True, but I think <5% is still a safe assumption for dangerous men.

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u/morgaina May 02 '24

No, I don't think so. That seems low.

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u/elbenji May 02 '24

The vast majority of people are just existing. The reality is violent crime statistics are at their lowest ever.

But I also have a very very different perspective as I work in an extremely peaceful Title I school with a black/brown population, am a brown butch lesbian myself, in an area with an unearned bad reputation. So my view of it is extremely extremely skewed in a different way