Woman Is Gang-Raped on Order of Village Council in India

[Ash_F]

54. Sure. It surprised me too.

Here are the rates
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/01/02/are-women-safer-in-india-or-the-u-s/
The same source says report rate in India is only 10%

http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/reporting-rates
This source says the report rate in the US is 40%. Which is much better, but when you crunch the numbers for a estimated real figure, the US is still way higher. As detailed in the post below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=702942

When this was brought up in the other thread, the poster and some others got real defensive(I guess towards America), but that isn't really helping anybody.

These horrific stories coming out of India deserve international attention and I by no means think they should be minimized. Maybe if they get enough attention, that will spur change. But it is worth noting that America still has a higher rape rate. It just exemplifies that we have a real bad problem too.

Here's another one to to think about: In America the reporting rate of college rapes is less than %5, even lower than India's. It kind of blows my mind.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/advice/tips/why-most-victims-dont-report-rape