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We also have to consider that maybe rape victims and rapists have a different number of acquaintances. And there's association effects, too. If someone is a nice person I'd expect it more likely they know a rape victim than a rapist, regardless of gender.
I always feel like there's always been a 'wrong side of the tracks' mentality. You're not wrong, but the biggest rape caravan is in charge of the US federal government, pretty popular. Even this isn't as much a matter of left and right, so much as up and down.
Wait do I know a rapist if I'm familiar with the idea of Donald Trump from the news? Or do I have to have met them?
I think mostly categorically, doesn't have to be any one person, but having a class of people quite clearly in control and also part of the rapist coalition is telling