From the US Bureau of Justice (6/18/13):
INDIA ISN’T ON THE LIST. GUESS WHO IS?
US, UK, New Zealand, Sweden, Belgium (among others).
Confirming yet again that slander of the poor is the course of least resistance in the major media.
Only one country on this list can even be called “third-world.”
Seven count as among the most “developed” countries, the most affluent.
Three are mainly Anglo-phone.
One, Sweden, routinely rates as one of the least corrupt countries.
And the US, at No. 6 in rape internationally, is the sole super-power, the world’s law-giver and law-enforcer.
Rapes per 100,000 of population:
Lesotho | 91.6 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 58.4 |
Sweden | 53.2 |
Korea | 33.7 |
New Zealand | 30.9 |
United States | 28.6 |
Belgium | 26.3 |
Zimbabwe | 25.6 |
United Kingdom | 23.2 |
Very interesting figures!
Lesotho on top — and with such a high margin!– is a surprise.
So also the high incidence in Sweden and NZ, both of which have had idyllic reputations!
Why is the UK figure not specified?
Cheers
Anil Nauriya
Hi Anil,
the UK figures weren’t showing up because of some HTML missing.
I’ve corrected it.
It’s not clear how rape is defined – and what constitutes a rape.
Is it a conviction or is it just a report?
Sweden – the rate maybe related to migrant populations or urban areas.
But, off the bat, those are the numbers.
My point is why do journalists not ask such questions of the UN and other activist bodies?
It doesn’t take long to look up rape stats.
It’s been known for a while that the lowest rape rates are not in the West.
Saudi Arabia has a very low rape rate and a generally low rate for street crime.
SA also has the death penalty and forms of punishment the West considers barbaric.
I’d submit that with the highest prison population in the world, mostly for non-violent, no victim offenses, with appalling rates of prison rape, with levels of street crime that are truly critical in many areas, the US is much more barbaric.
It has enough to correct in its own backyard without political crusades over non-existent crises.
“why do journalists not ask such questions”
No doubt. It’s probably because there are very very few actual journalist in the world.
Just actors and actresses:
New Conan O’Brien Segment Exposes Media Scripting Yet Again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1mA1NeUmU&feature=player_embedded
“barbaric” you can use that word again.
That’s the only way to explain the ‘Devil’s Chair’ and all the rest.
This is an interesting topic. What about the unreported rapes in India. Once you factor those in wouldn’t there really be a legitimate rape crisis in India?
Statistics for Sweden is due to dysfunctional immigration policy, too many, too different cultures/etnicities.
(swedish, try google translate)
https://www.realisten.se/2010/08/24/majoriteten_av_valdtakterna_begas_av_invandrare/
As women are usually (though not always) the victims of rape and rape is often considered as adultery or promiscuousness in many Muslim countries, with harsh penalties, including death, I suspect serious under-reporting. In cultures where the victim is often blamed, it takes a brave survivor to speak up.
http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/false-rape-culture/is-india-reeling-under-rape-hysteria/