Date Rape: Part Ii
November, 1990
The FactsMary P. Koss, Christine A. Gidycz and Nadine Wisniewski surveyed 3187 women and 2972 men enrolled in 32 colleges and universities and came up with enough statistics to alarm a nation and start the recent flood of stories announcing an epidemic of date rape.Koss used a flawed questionnaire and an overly broad definition of rape (see "Date Rape on Campus," The Playboy Forum, October) that generated headline-grabbing figures. She found that in a 12-month period:• 53.7 percent of...
