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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2009-06-18 04:17 pm

On a more serious note

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.

[identity profile] cybik.livejournal.com 2009-06-18 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
In South Africa 1 in 4 women are raped by the time they are 16.

(edit for random punctuation)
Edited 2009-06-18 15:59 (UTC)