re: Article on Rape at UVA

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What struck me as most odd was the statistic that 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college (12% report it). How in the world is that true?

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There's a great deal of conflict about those numbers. Some say 6% others say 20%. It really comes down to what you include (does a drunken kiss at a bar count?) and if you label drunken sex assault (which a number of these surveys do).

The BJS calculates that 3% of college women are raped every year.