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There exists some evidence <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/20/study-rape-victims-have-a-higher-pregnancy-rates-than-other-women/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5918e1e478ea</ref> that women are more likely to conceive from rape intercourse then consensual intercourse. For obvious reasons, this is a very controversial subject to study (with Feminists employing the Naturalistic Fallacy to condemn such findings - i.e if rape is 'natural' then it must be good - ergo researchers into these matters are encouraging rape,) and the evidence for this assertion is mixed. | There exists some evidence <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/20/study-rape-victims-have-a-higher-pregnancy-rates-than-other-women/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5918e1e478ea</ref> that women are more likely to conceive from rape intercourse then consensual intercourse. For obvious reasons, this is a very controversial subject to study (with Feminists employing the Naturalistic Fallacy to condemn such findings - i.e if rape is 'natural' then it must be good - ergo researchers into these matters are encouraging rape,) and the evidence for this assertion is mixed. | ||
Gottschall& Gottschall using data from a national telephone survey of violence against women in the United States, found that there was a double (6.4% versus 3.1%) rate of conception from acts of rape vs consensual intercourse. | Gottschall& Gottschall, using data from a national telephone survey of violence against women in the United States, found that there was a double (6.4% versus 3.1%) rate of conception from acts of rape vs consensual intercourse. | ||
The researchers controlled for the possible confounding variable of birth control (i.e that the increased conception risk was explaining by the rapists targeting women that weren't in a relationship/taking birth control.) | The researchers controlled for the possible confounding variable of birth control (i.e that the increased conception risk was explaining by the rapists targeting women that weren't in a relationship/taking birth control.) | ||
The researchers explained the finding by speculating that the | The researchers explained the finding by speculating that the rapists are especially targeting women that are ovulating, but the finding could also be explicable by rape inducing ovulation in women. | ||
==Rape Baiting== | ==Rape Baiting== | ||