Steve Duin: Researchers say 1 in 10 female students at University of Oregon indicate they have been raped at college
By Steve Duin
on September 30, 2014 at 3:00 PM, updated October 01, 2014 at 11:00 AM
One in 10 current female students at the University of Oregon indicate they have been raped while attending college, according to a new survey of 982 students released Tuesday by Jennifer Freyd, a professor in the UO's Department of Psychology.
Equally alarming, only 14 percent of the rape victims -- one in seven -- say they reported the assault to university officials.
The on-line survey on sexual violence -- conducted in late summer by Freyd and doctoral students Marina N. Rosenthal and Carly Parnitzke Smith -- was one that university administrators went out of their way to discourage...
