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SpokenTruth said:
o_O.Q said:

 

yes i misread what you posted and i edited my post to reflect that

 

"According to the National Research council, 80% of all sexual assaults are unreported to authorities."

 

if they are unreported how is this organisation able to form this statistic?

Surveys, interviews, non-authoritative reports, medical documents, etc....

 

so... they are reported then... just not to the authorities who are actually in a position to do something about these reports

 

secondly there really is not a way therefore ( since they are self reported ) to verify the validity of the claims to begin with

 

and the point i'm trying to make is this - in these matters it all has to come down to evidence and the reporting of that evidence 

 

sure as a consequence many cases will slip through the cracks because the nature of these incidents is that they generally happen in 1 on 1 settings in private, but that is the reality of living in a free society where people are free to make whatever choices they want to do