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Recently I had asked one question on Rape Culture in India. Let's evaluate it by looking at facts from Official Websites rather than focusing on reports of Xenophobia Media Houses.
Question of One of the woman on GirlsAskGuys
United States
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).
About 3% of American men or 1 in 33 have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime
Every 98 seconds someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. That means every single day more than 570 people experience sexual violence in this country.
United Kingdom
31% of young women aged 18-24 report having experienced sexual abuse in childhood
Most women in the UK do not have access to a Rape Crisis Centre
1 in 5 women aged 16 - 59 has experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 16.
Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales alone every year; that's roughly 11 rapes (of adults alone) every hour. These figures include assaults by penetration and attempts.
Source :
Rape Crisis England & Wales Report - 2016-17
The foreign media always describes India as having the maximum number of rapes, but this is not true. A comparative report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that India actually has among the lowest rates of rape in the world.
It shows 1.9 incidents of reported rape in India per 100,000 people in 2010 compared to 27.3 in the U.S.
Source
Official Website of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Source :
Official Website of National Crime Records Bureau - Ministry of Home Affairs
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, or RAINN says only 46% of U.S. rape cases get reported to the police.
Source : Official website of Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
Another way to compare countries’ rape statistics is to look at conviction rates.
India’s National Crime Records Bureau shows there were 24,206 reported rape cases in 2011. Of those that made it to court that year, which was not disclosed, 26% ended in convictions.
In the U.S., RAINN estimates that just over half of rape cases that are prosecuted in the U.S. each year leads to a conviction, a much higher rate than in India.
USA and many European countries do have more rapes per capita than India. Sweden is about fifteen times more rape infested than India.
One in six female Massachusetts Institute of Technology students victim of sexual assault.
Clearly, many assume the West is far more civilized and therefore should be much safer for women. It bloody isn't safe for women anywhere, and it is absolutely true that India is much safer for women than many countries that also joined the noise to make a big deal out of India's rape incidents.
The hypocrisy and plain stupidity of those who ignore facts and simply call India much more unsafe for women needs to be questioned.
7% of reported rapes in the U.K. resulted in convictions during 2011-12. In Sweden, the conviction rate is as low as 10%. France had a conviction rate of 25% in 2006. India, a developing nation with countless challenges, managed an impressive 24.2% conviction rate in 2012. That’s thanks to the efforts of a lot of good people police, lawyers, victims and their families working heroically with limited resources.
Professor Kelly, of London Metropolitan University, who will publish her full report.
"The majority of women reporting rape across Europe do not see justice done."
Ohio Town Defends Football Stars After They Raped Unconscious Woman
The rape of a teen girl by high school football players in the Steubenville, Ohio had many in the town sympathizing with the rapists and not the victim.
Along with the modernization of society, more Indian women are being educated and are going out to work. They are breaking out of the subservient mold that society had given to them and are more independent.
UN study estimates just 11% of rape and sexual assault cases worldwide are ever reported.
When was the last time you saw people from other countries, come to the streets and discuss on how to reduce rape or crime against women in their country?
If common people in those countries too knew the reality and the media did their job, then even in those countries women would be afraid. Really afraid. Celebrity cases are always in headlines. Media Houses get TRP.
According to Dave Prager, the American author of Delirious Delhi, crimes that “wouldn’t garner even a sentence in an American paper because so many bigger crimes would elbow it out of the way” are obsessively reported in Indian news publications. Post the Delhi gang rape, Indian media have faithfully recorded each and every rape case, highlighted them for the world and continue to do so.
Germany
The professor fails to realize that Germany has 5 times more rapes than in India. Rapes from India are heard all the way in Germany, but the German media is unable to report 5 times more rapes in their own country. The German ambassador's (Michael Steiner) answer to the professor explains “the unfair judgement”
Official Twitter Account of German Ambassador
The height of ignorance is when a German Professor is afraid to take a student for internships, because of “Rape problem” in India.
“Unfortunately I don’t accept any Indian male students for internships. We hear a lot about the rape problem in India which I cannot support. I have many female friends in my group, so I think this attitude is something I cannot support.”"I fully agree that this is a generalisation and may not apply to individuals. However, it is also unbelievable that the Indian society is not able to solve this problem for many years now. Reports reach Germany on a weekly base, and especially these "multi-rape crimes" are threatening, but for me also demonstrate the attitude of a society towards women. Also female tourists are kidnapped by groups of males and then abused."Many female professors in Germany decided to no longer accept male Indian students for these reasons, and currently other European female association are joining. Of course we cannot change or influence the Indian society, but only take our consequences here in Europe."
Laws and Regulations
Making any law stricter is going to make many innocent men suffer. Also our laws are not gender neutral. A government organisation DCW (Delhi commission for women ) estimates that 53.2 per cent rape cases filed are false.
We should wake up and realize that the problem of crimes against women is universal, and not just a cultural problem. It has nothing to do with Indian culture.
Women Worldwide feel Less Safe on Streets compared to Men And India ranks average.
Worldwide, 72% of men and 62% of women say they feel safe walking alone in their communities at night. There were double-digit gender gaps in 84 of the 143 countries studied, with broad gender disparities most common among high-income and upper middle-income countries. The implication is that as countries develop socially and economically, expectations of physical security become the norm for all citizens -- but in many cases women are less likely than men to feel those expectations are being met.
Note that the disparities were higher in countries that are economically strong. If you look at the data carefully.
India is a lower middle income country. Therefore we can safely predict that India is in the group of least gender disparity in street safety.
Of course, now you might say that 'lower middle income' is a very big block and we cannot consider India to be representative of that statistic. Fair enough! But India is not the absolute worst out there. Afghanistan and many other countries are absolutely a nightmare for street walking women..
High Population
Crimes always go proportional to population. In any society, you can assume one in 1000 will be crooks and criminals. If your whole nation is just 1 million people, you need to deal with only 1000 such crooks. If you have 1000 million people, you have a million potential criminals to deal with. Thus, you need to adjust all figures to population.
Even if you assume that 95% of the rapes are not reported in India, while 100% of rapes are reported in the West, India still has lower rapes as % of population.
Media Reports More Actively
Indian media gives a greater importance to individual rape incidents than most other media around the world. This helps put the problem right in front of our eyes and hopefully that pushes us close to reducing the rates. Most of the rest of the world, avoids reporting gruesome rape incidents. Western Media Houses are only interested in discussing the Celebrity Controversies. Go and Ask your Media Houses before pointing fingers on other countries.
Victim Blaming
Victim blaming is prevalent again in all countries, in many it is worse than in India. One such example is the Brock Turner rape case , USA.
The only reason why you feel safer in many western countries than in India even if the situation for women is far worse there, is simply because their media does not want to show their country and people in a poor light.
The ICM opinion poll, commissioned by Amnesty International, revealed that the vast majority of the British population has no idea how many women are raped every year in the UK.
Almost all, 96 per cent, of respondents said they either did not know the true extent of rape or thought it was far lower than the true figure. Only
4 per cent even thought the number of women raped exceeded 10,000.
The number of recorded rapes in 2004/5 was more than 12,000 and the 2001 British Crime Survey estimated that just 15 per cent of rapes come to the attention of the police.
Indian media and Indian people know that such a problem exists, that’s why parents are afraid to send their daughters alone at night, etc. That’s why we have debates and debates on how to solve the problem. That’s why we have higher conviction rates, although the cases are dragged on for centuries.
Check out My previous Takes to solve such problems.
Different Types of Sexual Assault (Part -1)
Steps to Take When You Have Been Raped
Man Vs Female Reality
Woman in the USA is more likely to be raped than a woman in India. Europe is not one nation, but many European nations are indeed more likely to expose their women to rape than India.
School Rape
In the USA, for instance, a preying kind of gang-rape of a stranger may be less likely. However, in India it is highly unlikely that a group of school students gang rape a school mate.
Suggested Reading
2009 Richmond High School gang rap
Good Indian don't know how the heck this is all that different from the famous Nirbhaya (Jyoti Singh) rape case - other than that the victim in the USA was known to the rapists.
Why the Indian Media didn't jump on something like this, but it is probably because it would be of no interest to Indian audiences, since it is happening somewhere far away.
Date Rape
The date-rape scenario is a little less likely in India, because younger people in India are still living with their parents, and aren't entirely independent when it comes to making such decisions.
Incest Rapes in Western Countries
Suggested Readings
TRP
The media loves sexual crimes. It's a guarantee of eyeballs. Even people who would never think of committing such crimes will watch. How do we know? Statistics! Television viewership ratings don't lie. It is television's way of raping its customer base. Your Media Houses are just satisfying your EGO.
Rape Culture in United States
US has plenty of ghettos and neighborhood regions not suitable for women to even walk during day time. A lot of time you may observe that some nearby underage women gets raped. However, they don't call it 'rape culture' in US. It's just routine in US. A lot of streets during night (after 8 pm) are not safe. The streets that you see safe and lively during day time end up stark silent at night time, and some of the cases of abduction and rapes have happened plenty of times. But US doesn't call it crime valley or rape culture there, it's just part of crime routine for you.
Women are safe in US in school or colleges? Don't kid me. A lot of them unless taken vow for purity are desperate enough to lose virginity before turning 18, some of them are into revenge sex as well. Wait, that doesn't qualify for rape culture but yeah that does give you some hint on level of respect female want to have or wish to get
US and UK were always were critical towards indian culture. Granted, indian culture does have flaws and they were treating females not equal. But none of the indian families had treated the way 'middle east' families treat women.
Males given less Preference
All Indian Males become Rapist and all Marital laws are revised to punish Males. Today all the Males in India are given second preference in everything and that due to females are treated not equal to men. e.g. In education sector, females get reservation and so do in job despite their poor skills compared to male competitors in many instances. They get reservation in almost everything under the law. Yet, equal treatment for them requires more sacrifice and humiliation from male gender but No worries because Indian Man respect her mother, sister and females. We never start Sexist or Feminist movements on Social Media.
The current condition of females in India will only breed more anti-male women population and eventually lead to more gold-digger incidents. Any random female on street can shout rape and get you in trouble by mob. Any random married woman can shout dowry if you don't agree to her demands and can force you to commit suicide.
Women in Sexting in Western Countries.
Women are more indulged in Sexting.
Neither I am Feminist nor I am Sexist. I am Realistic person. I support both Males and Females. In fact I also support LGBTQAI+ Community. For people who are freaking out about conservative culture of India. I am glad to inform you People that India declares freedom of sexual orientation a fundamental right. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual.
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India declares freedom of sexual orientation a fundamental right
Thanks for Reading.
The people who are thinking that India is Unsafe for women. Please Ask your Media Houses before commenting on India. If you want bodyguards to visit my country. It means that you are having military forces for your protection in your own country. Go and start living on Mars. It's better place to live. When we wholeheartedly welcome you to visit our country. What is reaction of females?
Reality is women in Western countries take life time decision on the basis of penis size. Women refuse to date because of penis size. Really whenever me and my friends read few things on GirlsAskGuys we start laughing on such great culture. Stereotypical Statements about Creepy Indian exist. Hope some countries focus on Catfish Culture of own country where every night women create different accounts to do their daily ritual.
India always believe in concept of "World is One Family" because of which Indian Men join such great online communities to resolve your problems.
Hope it open your eyes Ladies.
Have a Great Life Ahead.
- Being a Good Indian 😊
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Update 1 :
Response to @mizushirazu
*"criminalising marital rape "*
The best way that the law protects women subjected to marital rape is by charging the husband with a minor offence of cruelty, the punishment of which goes up to three years in jail or a fine. In worse cases, she can seek restraining order and protection under domestic violence legislation.
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