tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post5299496484128297024..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: George Will's Rape Blunder and Doing History by Intuitiongcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-7653942070785535382014-06-24T10:42:48.645-04:002014-06-24T10:42:48.645-04:00What I think is a matter for research is, "ha...What I think is a matter for research is, "has there been some sort of large increase in questionable or falsifiable rape charges?"gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-83788399575482776302014-06-24T10:40:46.770-04:002014-06-24T10:40:46.770-04:00This is an interesting idea, but I think the centr...This is an interesting idea, but I think the central controversy here is not 'what happened' in terms of bare facts, but how to characterize it (I. E., a judgment call). I suspect that the anecdote contained in Will's column he would characterize as 'typical' and 'flimsy/frivolous', while his opponents would characterize it as typical and serious. <br /><br />You're not going to arrive at a hard number if you can't agree how to categorize events. This is more about a disagreement on proper norms of conduct than not having the facts, I think. History is a process of interpreting the evidence, and the process is breaking down more at the interpretation step, I think, not the fact-gathering. There are statistics about this stuff everywhere. <br /><br />Illustrative anecdote - - once my students were talking about this in lab, and a few had expressed the idea that rape was 'regrettable sex.' My non-traditional student (30's, two kids) responded to the idea with a shrug, and said "Well, I guess I've had a lot of rape. Huh." Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915297057336831151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-22121790163605030362014-06-24T00:01:47.778-04:002014-06-24T00:01:47.778-04:00So apparently Will thinks "nonconsensual touc...So apparently Will thinks "nonconsensual touching" shouldn't be considered sexual assault?shonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369367271546487712noreply@blogger.com