What do you think of the 2016/17 NISVS sexual assault data?
I forgot where, but I saw a post somewhere on Reddit of some feminist saying that the 2016/17 CDC NISVS report data for rape and sexual assault was more accurate than the data from the reports 2010 to 2012 and procede not to explain how. I want to hear all of your thoughts on this.
for the record:
In the 2010 report, the annual rate for rape and made-to-penetrate were 1.1% each
In the 2011 one, they were 1.6% for rape and 1.7% for MTP respectively
In the 2012 one, I think it was 1.0% for rape and 1.7% for MTP if I remember correctly
and meanwhile in the 2016/17 one, it was I think 2.3% for rape and 1.3% for MTP. Since 80% of MTP perpetrators are female, this would mean if MTP was considered rape, roughly 25% or so of rapists would've been female according to the report. Apparently, the feminist for some reason without really any explanation said the data from this report was more accurate and used it as evidence that rape is a gendered issue for some reason.
But completely terrible message aside, I want to know, do you guys really think the 2016/17 data is more accurate than the data from 2010 to 2012 or not? And why?
Posted Apr 3, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC