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The obvious keyword here being reported. Not that I'm necessarily agreeing with the GP; it's just that rape/sexual assault is something that is generally under-

The obvious keyword here being reported. Not that I'm necessarily agreeing with the GP; it's just that rape/sexual assault is something that is generally under-reported for various reasons, including shame, fear of reprisal, futility, and so on. That makes any statistics relying on reported rape essentially meaningless when talking about "rape culture", since reports are more likely the less culturally acceptable something is.

shripadk 10y ago
> The obvious keyword here being reported. EDIT: And that is why I gave an example of Saudi Arabia having lesser "reported" cases than India or USA. That's precisely why there was a revolution of sorts in India regarding rape and reporting of cases. Why do you think the Indian people took to streets and stormed into one of the most well guarded places in the World: the President's House (Rashtrapathi Bhavan. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVGWH1e5xQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWVGWH1e5xQ) if not for bringing a change in the society? How many countries do you see this happen where the general public takes to the streets to demand equality for women and their rights? The problem is that people outside India chose to focus more on the rape culture itself rather than the response to it by the Indian public and that pains me as an Indian.