get raped or beaten up. Unfortunately we don't live in this perfect world and I doubt we ever will,so a bit of personal responsibility needs to happen if you want to stay safe and out of harms way. BM, you were asked Please produce some evidence that the high levels of rape we have now have always been. You responded with a Wiki article on rape during war . Either you're a disingenuous fuckhead with a vested interest in not confronting societal attitudes which allow rapists to go unpunished, or you're just a kindly-hearted confused little dweeb who doesn't understand the circumstances in which the majority of rapes occur. Oh, BM. So sad how you can't even back up your assertions. First you try re-defining things (rape vs. rape during war) and then you claim to be a realist when I'm the one arguing from actual statistics! It's fucking adorable, to be honest. what I often ponder, considering my experiential knowledge of the field, is the neurological damage that this culture of binge-drinking among young people will have, which takes time to heal, and the proportion of these young people who, statistically speaking, will develop "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" health histories; the DSM IV covers these matters at length, along with narcissism. People drink to fit in. People fear difference. Intelligent people are different, and can cause huge social angst when they put average citizens down (loss of status). So why is it hard to fathom, that young people