A presenter explains why he avoids citing sexual assault statistics like 1 in 3 women, even though they're widely reported. People's brains focus on the safe majority instead of the risk, so the numbers backfire. He teaches through questions instead.
So the research shows that 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 women will experience sexual assault by the age of 18 or to 21, depending on what research you look at. And when they look at men, they say 1 in 6. Those are the numbers. Now, with that said, I don't share those numbers in my program because unfortunately what happens with human psychology is people go, oh, 1 in 4? Well, that means 1, 2, 3, not me. The odds mean this won't happen to me. It's a 25%. Now, 25% is horrendous. We all know that. But the mind plays to safety, and it says the big number is the 75%, so it doesn't engage the human psychology to talk about stats.
