Not a day passes when the national press and TV tell us that a rape has taken place. the sad part is that anybody from the age of 3 to 75 is the victim of rape, with the latest being a 72 year old nun being gangraped by some thugs in West Bengal. Reading all this one may conclude that india is a land of rapists. The Western press likes nothing better than to portray that India is a country where every woman gets raped.
I have to read all this with a touch of regret, for the facts speak otherwise.The incidence of reported rapes in India are among the lowest in the world. Compared to other developed and developing countries, reported rapes per 100,000 people are quite low in India. India has been characterized as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape".If figures have a meaning than here they are
One can see that countries that have 'free sex' are more prone to rape like Sweden which heads the table.
The fact is that is girl in the UK or USa has much greater chance of getting raped than in India. The only country with a lower rape rate than India is Japan. So friends let's not go overboard about rape in India. Rape is a heinous crime, but India is not the home of all rapists.
I have to read all this with a touch of regret, for the facts speak otherwise.The incidence of reported rapes in India are among the lowest in the world. Compared to other developed and developing countries, reported rapes per 100,000 people are quite low in India. India has been characterized as one of the "countries with the lowest per capita rates of rape".If figures have a meaning than here they are
The fact is that is girl in the UK or USa has much greater chance of getting raped than in India. The only country with a lower rape rate than India is Japan. So friends let's not go overboard about rape in India. Rape is a heinous crime, but India is not the home of all rapists.
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