[Colofornian]

From the article: Sexual assault is the lone violent crime in which Utah is worse than the national average, according to the state Department of Health, which says as many as one-third of Utah women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s REAL tempting to ask if this is associated with Mormons who are harking back to an older vision of the LDS church. Or is it a “wild West” issue? Illegales? Unusually light legal sanctions?

[DuncanWaring]

If only Mormons were allowed to marry, they wouldn’t have this problem.

[LearsFool]

The department said someone is most likely to be assaulted by family members, spouses or a partner.

Spouses? A partner?

Sounds like these statistics come from the "all sex is rape" school of feminism.

[Colofornian]

According to another Utah article today -- Most Utah sex crimes in family -- only 13% of 2008 crimes were stranger based.

13.3% were strangers...13.9% were either a neighbor, co-worker, or babysitter. 14.3% were "friends." Almost 52% were either family members, partners, or spouses.

[Colofornian]

Sidebar to article mentions:

» In 2008, Utah's rate of rape was 63.7 for every 100,000 females; the U.S. average is 57.4.

» Reported rapes decreased in Utah about 10 percent during the 10 years ending in 2008.

» Carbon, Salt Lake, Tooele, Uintah and Weber counties had higher rates of rape than the state rate between 2002 and 2008.

Source: Utah Department of Health, Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification

[envisio]

Utah's sexual assault rate outpaces U.S. average

Well technically half the states should be under average and half the states should be over average.

[P-Marlowe]

Utah is "not doing real well in teaching how to conduct relationships where we are not violating someone else's boundaries," Kindness said.

I get the feeling that the definition of sexual assault is rather all encompassing. In a puritan society, an unsolicited peck on the cheek or hug or accidental bumping might be considered a "sexual assault" under this definition.

In my day violating someone's "boundaries" would be met with a slap in the face. In my day it was basically "touch me there and you're going to die". These days the learned response seems to be "touch me there and I'm going to cry.. and report you to the police".

I guess it's not my day anymore.

[Sooth2222]

"Sexual assault is the lone violent crime in which Utah is worse than the national average, according to the state Department of Health"

Could also be better crime reporting in Utah than in other states. As I understand it, the only useful comparable statistic among jurisdictions is the homicide rate because it's awfully difficult to sweep dead bodies under the rug.

[sportutegrl]

Sexual assault by a stranger is rare. The department said someone is most likely to be assaulted by family members, spouses or a partner.

Why is 'a partner' singular, and 'spouses' plural? Because this is Utah?

[Elsie]

The REAL crime is the absolute FACT that HALF of the states, in this UNITED states of america are outpacing the National Average!

(But; what should we expect when 50% of our Doctors graduate in the lower half of their class...)

[greyfoxx39]

One thing that may be missing in the discussion is that all "worthy" mormon males receive the "restored priesthood" at the age of 12. This leads to an attitude of superiority over not only women, but over all those who are not members.

This superior attitude may not be evident to non-mormons in day to day dealings, but it is always there in the background. Women are second-class vassals in mormonism.

I speak from personal experience with dealing with the "priesthood" holders of mormonism.

“The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood,”

[restornu]

must be exers!)