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You know, I was going to post a (fairly long) cliff's notes version of some information showing strong evidence rooted in biological anthropology that rape is, in fact, a crime of sex moreso than violence (the statistics as well as rapist interviews, when put together, show this quite clearly), but frankly it would simply take a lot of time. So, instead, I'll simply recommend that people go out and read the book The Dark Side of Man: Tracing the Origins of Male Violence by Michael P. Ghiglieri, Ph. D. He is a protege of Jane Goodall and was a professor of anthropology when he wrote the book (I don't know if he still is).
Rape is, of course, not a woman's fault, and it's more important to seek ways to minimize rape than ways to tell women to act to avoid rape. However, doing so is difficult when the understanding of why rape is rooted into male behavior is inaccurate.
I'm not going to get into it, because there's a whole chapter dedicated to rape in his book, but I'll point out this much, which I think points in the right direction: Out of a sample of 1,634,000 US rape victims, a whole 77% were between the ages of 16 and 24 years old. This accounts for only 1/10 of the US population - the most fertile 1/10. Furthermore, only 14.8% of US rapists use a weapon, and only 5.9% use a gun. 25% commit no physical violence, despite using threats. And the use of a weapon raises the success rate of rapes only 9%
Anyways, if you care about the subject, I recommend the book.
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