[tseqomnf] Financial aid and date rape

We assume that there has been an increase in the prevalence of rape, especially date rape, on college campuses.  Hypothesize that the cause of the increase is a unintended consequence of increased access to college for all social classes as a result of government financial aid.

We hypothesize that the mechanism is that people are less likely to consent to sex with people of the "wrong" social class, for whatever definition their social class defines as "wrong".  (Also, we hypothesize more likely to falsely accuse rape.)  Outside of college, social and physical barriers would have prevented them from ever meeting in a situation in which sex, or rape, would have been possible.

This hypothesis can be tested by comparing accusations of rape with amount of financial aid received by the accused and accused, using amount of financial aid as a proxy for social class.