Shalom, Steven Pruzansky. Now kindly put a sock in it.
Though we prefer to ignore people who offer retrograde opinions just to elicit outrage, this should be said about the Teaneck orthodox rabbi who wants to redefine most rapes as plausible misunderstandings:
He probably needs to stay away from people who need spiritual guidance, rather than subjecting them to the haughtiness he calls wisdom.
Rabbinical provocateur Steven Pruzansky wrote that the "rape culture" at our universities is fiction, because if it existed "no intelligent woman would want to attend colleges" and "the fact that more women attend college than men itself belies the accusation."
By this logic, we should never leave home, otherwise we subject ourselves to the toxic wind emanating from a neighbor's mouth.
The benighted cleric believes that most reported rapes are merely unrequited love, or vengeance for "being used and discarded." That women misinterpret men's intentions far too often. That most assaults can be clarified through a he-said-she-said prism.
It's true that statistics vary, because of underreporting from victims and institutions. The whole truth? Universities almost never report rapes in crime data: About 11,000 universities report crime data, and 91 percent disclosed zero rape incidents in 2014. Yes, zero. It matches their credibility.
Moreover, only 15 percent offer help on their websites about filing anonymous reports, and only 30 percent even mention the need for medical care.
If it's a low priority to schools, it feeds the warped narrative of ignorant people like Rabbi Pruzansky.
Most studies - and there are scores of them - settle near a 1-in-4 rate of sexual assault for women during their college years.
Even those who refute the data know that rape is a horrendous crime, but those who deride the term "rape culture" are content to categorize it as a female fantasy, which makes it is easier for society to overlook this particular act of violence.
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