Quick link: Hitting girls, forcing sex ‘not a big deal’: boys survey.

by Guest Hoyden on November 17, 2008

in Life, Violence, blogging, education, gender & feminism, media, relationships, sexuality and health, social change, work and family

by Mindy, For Battler, and feminist.

The ABC news website has details of a new survey up showing that there is still a lot of work to be done to educate boys about girls.

A new report has found that nearly one in seven teenage boys think it is OK to make a girl have sex with them, if she has been flirting with them.

The story can be found here.

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52 AussiePhil December 13, 2008 at 11:57 am: Certainly, references supplied …..

http://www.abc.net.au:80/am/content/2008/s2421205.htm

http://www.bananasinpyjamas.com:80/news/corrections/

http://www.bananasinpyjamas.com:80/news/stories/2008/11/17/2421195.htm?

Please take note that these statistics were in regard to 30% OK rate for “girls hitting boys” not the other way around …. I hope all those attacking the boys are equally horrified, and that it is not simply
acceptable now.

Are you aware of this also …. [unsupported claim based on the misrepresented Conflict Tactics Scale snipped ~ moderator]

AussiePhil
53 AussiePhil December 13, 2008 at 12:40 pm: [irrelevant sniping at Dr Flood snipped ~moderator]

To Rebekka, 37 .. “Is this really true? I find it difficult to reconcile the results of the survey (eg 1 in 3 girls having unwanted sex) and that claim. Is it just a very busy small minority causing the problems?”

No its not true, it is in fact one in three girls that have regular sexual relations, which brings the percentage down to a still unreasonable 7% of girls. Although in fact the broad definintion of the same manipulated statistics will most certainly halve it once again.

AussiPhil