@amydiehl OK, but the paper was focused on that demographic:

"This research was designed to focus on men who admit having intentionally and knowingly sexually aggressed against a woman who they knew did not want sex nor consented to it, including strategies to overcome her reluctance, circumstances, motivations, and positive and negative outcomes."

@gabriel That is a misreading, IMO. The criteria for participation were, "Men were eligible if they self-identified as men, were in the age range 18 to 34 years, and reported having had a sexual encounter with a woman in the past 2 years."

Also, if it were only for those who admittedly coerced, etc., then the percentage would have been 100, not 95.1.

@amydiehl

@LeslieBurns @gabriel @amydiehl

I believe you are correct. There are some language issues with the writing, imho, that may cause some confusion, but the paper clearly states that:

"Of the final sample of 2,689 men, 95.1% reported having recently used at least one of the strategies to force a woman to have sex" (Results section, para 1)

They then say that the ones who did not were demographically indistinguishable from the 95% group.

Likely the 95% group then received follow up questions.

@LeslieBurns @gabriel @amydiehl

Certainly, the wording of the original request for participants may have turned off many men who would never use the strategies --- the wording was basically "let's hear the men's side of the story". If you have never been in a he-said / she-said situation, you may not have signed up for the research.

My feeling is that this is important research, and further research is needed.