Bad Study of the Week: A Social Life Predisposes Women to Rape

UPDATE: The article discussed below has since been removed from the Telegraph's Web site, with no word on whether the story was officially retracted. As several commenters pointed out, the sensationalism of the article differed quite a bit from the actual findings of the article. Essentially, the Telegraph makes it seem as though the study makes the scientifically dubious claim that men are insensitive sex-mongers, while women who behave a certain way encourage men to rape them. So perhaps the title of "Worst Science Article of the Week" is more in order. For more discussion of this matter, see here and here. Outgoing women who drink socially and wear skirts, beware: You have predisposed yourself to being raped. At least, that's what a highly questionable study headed by psychologists at the University of Leicester asserts. The first problems lie in the study subjects, not to mention the methods: To find ...