22. The Enliven Project's False Rape Accusations Infographic: Great Intentions, But It Isn't Accurate.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/01/08/the_enliven_project_s_false_rape_accusations_infographic_great_intentions.html

Amanda Marcotte presents her article "The Enliven Project's False Rape Accusations Infographic: Great Intentions, But It Isn't Accurate" to clarify that, unlike what the infographic precisely presents, there are mostly fewer rapists who are repeat offenders, the number of unreported rapes are estimated to be 54 percent of the cases, and that the number of false accusations are actually even less than the graph presents. Marcotte first introduces the infographic created by the Enliven Project, praising its intentions but declaring its lack of accuracy. She divides her points of problems in to three subtitled paragraphs to classify and explain them. Marcotte's first point is that the error of the infographic was to assume "one -rape-per-rapist." She explains that the infographic gives and impression that there are many rapists who commit one rape, causing some to conclude that one in five men are rapists. However, that an average rapist commits six rapes, which indicates that there are a smaller number of rapists with the same number of rapes. Secondly, Marcotte cites RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) to claim that 54 percent of rapes are estimated to go unreported--a much smaller percentage than what the infographic displays. As her final point, Marcotte states the difference between "false accusations," which the infographic is labeled, and "false reports," which the Enliven Project actually tallies. She uses definition to claim that the graphic "overestimates the number of false accusations" because a "false accusation" is a narrower definition than a "false report," causing number of false accusations to be smaller than what the graphic shows.

Marcotte's purpose is to present the popular graphic with accuracy, providing the audience with truer information and concrete statistics. Marcotte intends this article mostly to the people who have been exposed to the Enliven Project's infographic to clear misconceptions caused by inaccurate representation of statistics. Although she intends to correct the infographic's inaccuracy, she implies no further purpose of discrediting the infographic, for she repeatedly applauds its helpful intentions.