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> Japan is far behind when it comes to fight the rape culture. By which metric? According to the first statistic I found online, it's far below most western co

• Faark 7y ago
  > statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime I wouldn't trust (as in compare globally) any crime stat from Japan, as they have a 99% conviction rate [0]. This obviously cannot be achieved unless you set up your process to make sure only safe cases enter the systems. And guess what especially occurs in private areas, without witnesses leading to he-said-she-said? A culture were you don't want to bring shame to your family doesn't help either. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan
• Iv 7y ago
  > of course, statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime There you go. Almost all of my female friends who I am close enough to hear about that have been assaulted in their past and they have not reported it (and blame themselves for it of course). On this map, most countries you will see who are below 5.0 probably have some serious under-reporting.