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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Honorgal, I hope you are not posting that to dispel the notion of a "college rape crisis". That is not at all what this research (that isn't the only study) does. We already know that college sexual assault and rape is not more prevalent than non-college sexual assault and rape. The "college bubble" is about social isolation and does not mean the rates would be higher than in the general population.
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One of the interesting things here is that women in college are less likely to report. That in itself speaks to a problem with rape culture on campus and the type of backlash that would be feared by someone in the social isolation of a university.