Centers for Disease Control Should Remove Flawed Rape Survey, Says Washington Post Editorial

Washington, DC/January 31, 2012 -- A growing number of commentators are questioning the legitimacy of the CDC’s claims about rape and sexual assault. An op/ed published in the Washington Post exposes the scientific flaws in the study and calls outright for its retraction: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/cdc-study-on-sexual-violence-in-the-us-overstates-the-problem/2012/01/25/gIQAHRKPWQ_story.html Columnist Christina Hoff Sommers concludes that the CDC’s findings are “wildly at odds with official crime statistics.” Sommers does not exaggerate: The CDC reports 70 times the number