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In fact, one meta study of N = 55 studies found child sexual abuse accounts for only ''1%'' of the variance in later psychological outcomes, whereas family environment accounted for 5.9% of the variance.<ref>https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272735818300539</ref><ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17405629.2016.1150174</ref><ref>https://www.ipce.info/library_3/rbt/metaana.pdf</ref><ref>http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/A-replication-of-the-meta-analytic-examination-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-Rind-Tromovitch-and-Bauserman.pdf</ref> Women who do develop PTSD in mild cases may often already have had a disposition for high [[borderline personality disorder|neuroticism]], which may often only be worsened by a highly dramatized social response to rape. This exaggerated response to rape may even pose a substantial economic burden with a lifetime burden of $122,461 per rape victim (mostly [[psychiatry|medical costs]] and [[NEET|lost work productivity]]), amounting to a population economic burden of nearly $3.1 trillion (2014 U.S. dollars) over victims’ lifetimes, based on data indicating >25 million U.S. adults have been raped.<ref>https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30615-8/fulltext</ref> | In fact, one meta study of N = 55 studies found child sexual abuse accounts for only ''1%'' of the variance in later psychological outcomes, whereas family environment accounted for 5.9% of the variance.<ref>https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272735818300539</ref><ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17405629.2016.1150174</ref><ref>https://www.ipce.info/library_3/rbt/metaana.pdf</ref><ref>http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/A-replication-of-the-meta-analytic-examination-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-Rind-Tromovitch-and-Bauserman.pdf</ref> Women who do develop PTSD in mild cases may often already have had a disposition for high [[borderline personality disorder|neuroticism]], which may often only be worsened by a highly dramatized social response to rape. This exaggerated response to rape may even pose a substantial economic burden with a lifetime burden of $122,461 per rape victim (mostly [[psychiatry|medical costs]] and [[NEET|lost work productivity]]), amounting to a population economic burden of nearly $3.1 trillion (2014 U.S. dollars) over victims’ lifetimes, based on data indicating >25 million U.S. adults have been raped.<ref>https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30615-8/fulltext</ref> | ||
The severity with which rape is socially ostracized is thus likely disproportional to the overall harm caused by rape, since violent rape is rare and is committed by a [[apex fallacy|tiny subset of men]], and thus it is mostly a [[virtue signaling|moral panic]] serving to advance [[virtue signaling|political goals]] rather than pro-social ones. All of this is complicated by the fact that most women have [[#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]] and at least a minority of [[life history|fast-life strategists]] | The severity with which rape is socially ostracized is thus likely disproportional to the overall harm caused by rape, since violent rape is rare and is committed by a [[apex fallacy|tiny subset of men]], and thus it is mostly a [[virtue signaling|moral panic]] serving to advance [[virtue signaling|political goals]] rather than pro-social ones. All of this is complicated by the fact that most women have [[#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]] and at least a minority of [[life history|fast-life strategists]] appears to sometimes [[#Rape baiting|provoke]] it. Wendy McElroy suggested that rape hysteria has inflicted harm on women themselves.<ref>https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1162</ref> | ||
Rape hysteria may also be an unnecessary burden on the mental development of young men<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.psychotherapiepraxis.at/artikel/sexualtherapie/zwangsgedanken_paedophilie.phtml&prev=search</ref> and may contribute to deteriorating romantic lives due to the additional fear of being [[metoo|falsely accused]] of rape or harassment, causing a [[shy]]ness to [[approach anxiety|approach]] women, but also unfulfilled women (though arguably, men experiencing such shyness also have a predisposition for high neuroticism). Strict legislation pertaining to policing of men's sexuality also yields the danger of eroding the freedom of expression, and of being abused for censorship and the elimination of political opponents through false allegations and fabricated evidence. | Rape hysteria may also be an unnecessary burden on the mental development of young men<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.psychotherapiepraxis.at/artikel/sexualtherapie/zwangsgedanken_paedophilie.phtml&prev=search</ref> and may contribute to deteriorating romantic lives due to the additional fear of being [[metoo|falsely accused]] of rape or harassment, causing a [[shy]]ness to [[approach anxiety|approach]] women, but also unfulfilled women (though arguably, men experiencing such shyness also have a predisposition for high neuroticism). Strict legislation pertaining to policing of men's sexuality also yields the danger of eroding the freedom of expression, and of being abused for censorship and the elimination of political opponents through false allegations and fabricated evidence. | ||