Peterf
Active Member
Vikrant -
I think you may have just about run the irony to the end of the road on this one - it wasn't particularly funny the first time around.
The outrage in India is encouraging, and it is the first sign that India is starting to address rape seriously after a thousand years of acceptance. As I am sure you realise yourself, this process occured in much of the western world during the late 1960's, although rape may never have been as tolerated or embedded within European culture as it still is in Asia today.
Remember - 14% of Sri Lankan men and 14% of Bangladeshi men admit to having raped someone. In Scandinavia that figure would likely be around 1%, possibly lower.
Percentage of men admitting rape:
Papua New Guinea Bougainville Island - 62%
Indonesia Papua Province - 48.6%
Indonesia urban - 26.2%
China urban/rural - 22.2%
Cambodia - 20.4%
Indonesia rural - 19.5%
Sri Lanka - 14.5%
Bangladesh rural - 14.1%
Bangladesh urban - 9.5%
Source: United Nations
BBC News - Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'
The question asked - always useful to know - was "Have you ever had sex with your wife when she was reluctant?" Any man answering YES was recorded as having admitted raping someone. Puts a rather different light on things.