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>in the same way that douchebag men are actually (as you point out) pretty rare "One in four men admitted raping a woman once in their life according to a repo
by detcader 12y ago
>in the same way that douchebag men are actually (as you point out) pretty rare
"One in four men admitted raping a woman once in their life according to a report from United Nations. The study was conducted through interviewing 10,000 men aged between 18 and 49-years-old in Asia-Pacific region - Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea. Authors for the research said that the findings may not represent the entire Asia and Pacific Region but those men interviewed for the study are representation of a good demographic match for the countries studied." - http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-nations-new-delhi.htm http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/505173/20130911/rape-united-n...
- duncan_bayne 12y agoIndeed - that was sloppy on my part; I meant "in the society in which I live."
- detcader 12y agoAre you saying the US is significantly different from the countries surveyed by the UN? Why would this be the assumption?
- duncan_bayne 12y agoWhy are you assuming I live in the US? I'm Australian, and our reported levels of rape are - fortunately - many orders of magnitude lower than 12.5% of the population, at around 29 per 100,000. Obviously not all rapes are reported, but I think it's fair to say that Australia has less of a rape problem than those countries.
- HCIdivision17 12y agoThat has to be one of the most shocking statistics I have ever seen, regardless of the region of choice. As in, I don't think I have ever seen a number of a social metric that was so much higher than what I'd have guessed. (Though certain famine statistics and historical records for a few diseases are in the same ball park.)
- duncan_bayne 12y agoBear in mind which countries were surveyed. You might not be surprised if you lived there, or knew people who had.