On a more serious note

[andrewducker]

I've seen a couple of discussions recently of violence against women and attitudes towards it.  Someone (and I can't find the original comment) asked if things were so bad that women ought to be grateful when they _aren't_ raped.

And here's a report from South Africa, in which it seems that 25% of men admit to having raped someone.

That's 1 in 4 people _admitting_ to rape.

And if the rapist is over 25 then there's a 25% chance they have HIV.

I'm feeling distinctly shocked.

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised by that figure of 25%. The only thing that surprised me was that it related to South Africa, but that just exposes my ignorance of that particular country. I am certain that figure would be much higher in many other countries where women are treated as inferior beings, property or worse.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

In South Africa 1 in 4 women are raped by the time they are 16.

(edit for random punctuation)

[davesangel.livejournal.com]

Agreed. And even worse is the fact that this figure refers to those who admitted to rape...I'm damn sure the actual figure is way higher.

[meaningrequired.livejournal.com]

My thoughts too.