Fox News co-host under fire for rape remark

A Fox News co-host is facing a considerable--and justifiable--backlash for doubting questioning the prevalence of rape on college campuses.

?When was the last time you heard about a rape on campus?? Bob Beckel, a liberal co-host of Fox News' "The Five," asked his four colleagues on Tuesday's show.

?What are you talking about?" co-host Eric Bolling responded. "It?s rampant."

?In particular, date rape on campus,? co-host Dana Perino added.

In 2010, the Department of Justice estimated that 25 percent of college women "will be victims of rape or attempted rape before they graduate within a four-year college period." Women "between the ages of 16 to 24 will experience rape at a rate that's four times higher than the assault rate of all women," the DOJ said. And schools with more than 6,000 students "average of one rape per day during the school year.?

And according to New York University's "National Statistics about Sexual Violence on College Campuses," fewer than five percent are reported to law enforcement.

The group was discussing a proposal to ban on concealed weapons on Colorado campuses. In his argument supporting the ban, Democratic Colorado Rep. Joe Salazar said: ?It?s why we have call boxes. It?s why we have safe zones. That?s why we have the whistles, because you just don?t know who you?re going to be shooting at.?

Salazar's comments drew the ire conservatives, and prompted the mocking #LiberalTips2AvoidRape hashtag on Twitter. (The hashtag itself sparked a backlash among those who found the rape jokes offensive.)

"It is so enormously inappropriate to assume that a woman that is trained and has a concealed-carry permit will just pop off," Republican Rep. Lori Saine said. Salazar later apologized.

Beckel's comments were met with similar criticism. Twitchy.com, the website operated by conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, called Beckel a "cretinous misogynist."

"Vomit," Malkin herself tweeted.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/fox-news-co-host-under-fire-rape-remark-203159297.html

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