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	Jan 13, 2015
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Lots of Men Don’t Think Rape Is Rape Pollsters have long known that the phrasing of a question can significantly affect how respondents answer it — think about the language battle over "pro-life" and "anti-choice." So maybe it shouldn't be surprising to hear that this applies to sexual assault: Both men and women will offer different responses to questions about rape depending on whether you use the wordrape itself or describe the act in question. But it's still weird how big some of the resulting gaps are.Read More »

 

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