Jordan Harbinger

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.

So not slam dunk proof, but I don't know, still pretty disturbing, man.

I'm not sure how we get around that.

The claim about the threats to pregnant women, that is substantially correct.

Basically, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that homicide deaths among pregnant women are more prevalent than deaths from hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, sepsis, and that these homicides are linked to a mix of intimate partner violence and firearms.

God, that's news to me, man.

I mean, Jen almost killed me when she was pregnant, but that was because I was chewing too loud, so it would have been justified.