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Sweden surveys every single citizen, every single year, and asks them (amongst other things) whether or not they have been a victim of a sex crime. They also h
by AussieWog93 5y ago
Sweden surveys every single citizen, every single year, and asks them (amongst other things) whether or not they have been a victim of a sex crime.
They also have a very broad definition of what "rape" is, compared to other Western countries.
Calling them the "Rape Capitol" because they have the most progressive rape detection and classification system on Earth is stupid - that's why Snopes and other fact checkers debunk it as false.
- ALittleLight 5y agoDo they? Can you link to where they survey every citizen and ask this? The closest thing I can think of is the annual Swedish crime survey, but that goes to a representative sample of Swedes, not every single citizen. I also don't know what the point of surveying every citizen would be or how it is relevant to Sweden detecting more rapes than most people. Calling Sweden the Rape Capitol of Europe may be misleading or naive, but it isn't simply false. An objective fact checking of this claim should consider it as too hard to evaluate for the reasons discussed or come up with a good way to evaluate the claim and do that. Instead, Snopes obfuscates the claim and rambles a bit about Trump and immigration then says the claim is false because they have a theory that might explain why Sweden has an elevated rape rate.
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago> Sweden surveys every single citizen, every single year, and asks them (amongst other things) whether or not they have been a victim of a sex crime. Do you have a source for that claim?
- AussieWog93 5y agoNo, I made a mistake in saying that. As the sibling post stated, it's just a representative sample.