# What group is most prone to raping a woman?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-group-is-most-prone-to-raping-a-woman/367049>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-group-is-most-prone-to-raping-a-woman/367049 "2006-08-02T18:50:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-group-is-most-prone-to-raping-a-woman/367049/41 "2006-08-05T16:42:13Z")

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Hugs, ((( **Dracona** ))) I’m so sorry you’re suffering this, dear. Hopefully by being able to talk about it openly and getting support from us, it can help you ease the burden some.

I almost didn’t reply to the challenge to explain the process I went through, for similar reasons as **Dracona** said, although the relaively mild severity of my rape memories pales in comparison to the horrors that she suffered. I did not want to dredge up too much painful stuff and run through it here again in an environment (GQ) where the usual intellectual stance is “Oh yeah? :dubious: Cite? I call bullshit.” This stance is very helpful when demolishing the politically-induced pseudoscience of the Bush administration, but very unhelpful when traumatized individuals are struggling to make sense of what has happened to them.

In fairness to **Mangetout** , he didn’t give me an aggressively skeptical attitude, more of a neutral skepticism, but it was still hard for me to respond to it, because this is my intimate personal history and it still hurts. After reading **lexi** ’s explanation, I felt I had the space in which to discuss it openly, so big thanks to **lexi**. Thanks to **dracona** too for taking us into your confidence. Like I said, it was right here at the SDMB that I found enough support to deal with it for the first time. Now in my forties a whole lot of stuff I’d represssed all my life is all coming out at once… Yeah, it can make me difficult to deal with… but I appreciate the understanding shown by other Dopers here.

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