Jordan Harbinger

Okay.

I don't know why that makes me chuckle a little.

I'm just imagining this 88-year-old woman who's like, I'm done with men.

Time to be gay.

Lately, staying informed has turned my skepticism into something stronger and deeper.

Between the Epstein files and the normalization of predatory rhetoric, it feels like we're shown what men do when they have unlimited power.

To say that I'm angry feels like an understatement, and rightfully so.

I've read studies suggesting one in three college-aged men admit that they would use force to have sex if they knew they could get away with it.

Even more horrifying, as someone entering the medical field, I've seen the data showing that homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S., often outranking medical complications like sepsis or hemorrhage.

I don't think I even need to say this, but for the sake of completeness, this is due to intimate partner violence more often than not.

Okay, pause.

Gabe, you said you looked into this because I don't know about any of this stuff.

Yes.

So real quick, the one in three college-aged men claim that seems to come from a 2014 study called Denying Rape but Endorsing Forceful Intercourse.

So that study, which built on earlier studies, found that some men endorsed behaviorally described coercive sex, but then would also deny that they would quote-unquote rape someone.

So the study was actually about the differences between these men and what might account for this difference.

Also, I'm not a researcher, but this seems to be a small non-national college sample.

So maybe it would be more accurate to say one study found, not one in three men in general everywhere for sure feel this way.

Got it.

Interesting.