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In reply to the discussion: Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement: [View all]Celerity
(54,287 posts)49. read it from your own link, it talks about the CDC (an American governmental agency) and repeats the false claim
That claim is false.
DoULike is a dating app, and obviously is not a reliable source.
Here is the actual CDC data with links:
More than 80% of female rape victims in the U.S. report their first rape occurred before age 25, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov). Data indicates nearly half (49%) of these victims were under 18 at the time of their first assault. This statistic refers to the age of onset among victims, rather than 4 in 5 of all females in the general population.
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Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement: [View all]
demmiblue
Yesterday
OP
At least one stat is blatantly false from that site: 80 per cent of US women have NOT been raped before reaching 25yo.
Celerity
21 hrs ago
#40
The writer appears to have attempted to aggregate data from worldwide statistics.
littlemissmartypants
20 hrs ago
#47
read it from your own link, it talks about the CDC (an American governmental agency) and repeats the false claim
Celerity
20 hrs ago
#49
I'm sorry, but I don't see anything indicating that the data is exclusive to Americans.
littlemissmartypants
20 hrs ago
#50
The CDC data is not global data. It is US data. Perhaps the title of the CDC report might will help about that:
Celerity
20 hrs ago
#53
A low-budget dating app's AI-produced blog is a terrible place to get stats on sexual assault, holy shit.
WhiskeyGrinder
20 hrs ago
#56
"Both sexual encounters with Cesar led to pregnancies. I chose to keep my pregnancies secret and, after the children wer
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#8
Perfectly put. My lesson from Bill-Monica was to put the Dem *AGENDA* above any individual.
UTUSN
23 hrs ago
#23
I was deeply disappointed in Bill Clinton's behavior with Lewinsky. He was the President and he skirted the truth in his
CTyankee
21 hrs ago
#38
Carter didn't, Biden didn't. They held the same office and yet didn't abuse their power.
CTyankee
21 hrs ago
#41
My tactic is to judge ours in my own mind and only among trusted other Dems, not to Wingnuts except
UTUSN
21 hrs ago
#42
I'm sorry for Dolores Huerta and the other nameless, powerless victims of sexual assault
FakeNoose
Yesterday
#14
Stand up for women. Every chance you get and in any possible way. Even small things.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#15
Dolores Huerta is at the absolute top of my Pinnacle of Respect. I admire her for speaking out.
NBachers
22 hrs ago
#33
I do feel that since his death, Cesar Chavez has played a larger role than when he was alive.
LeftInTX
1 hr ago
#71
I used to have a cutout photo of Cesar Chavez with Dorothy Day, the Catholic activist
Beringia
3 hrs ago
#68


