The Washington Post Misused The Data On Violence Against Women

The Washington Post's Claims About Violence Against Women Weren't Just Sexist -- They Were Wrong
Supporters of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Task Force to End Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Against Women hold a rally for the reauthorization of the Violence Against women Act (VAWA) outside the US Capitol in Washington on June 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)
Supporters of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Task Force to End Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Against Women hold a rally for the reauthorization of the Violence Against women Act (VAWA) outside the US Capitol in Washington on June 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Jim Watson (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)

On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an op-ed about sexual assault claiming:

The bottom line is this: Married women are notably safer than their unmarried peers, and girls raised in a home with their married father are markedly less likely to be abused or assaulted than children living without their own father.

The article’s headline was even more unambiguous and produced instant outrage online (the Post changed it soon after publication):

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