AbuTahir@lemm.ee to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 9 days agoTaekwondo player alleges gang-rape by priest, others inside Kanpur ashram. A national-level Taekwondo player has alleged that she was gang-raped inside an ashram located right next to a police stationwww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down15
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTaekwondo player alleges gang-rape by priest, others inside Kanpur ashram. A national-level Taekwondo player has alleged that she was gang-raped inside an ashram located right next to a police stationwww.msn.comAbuTahir@lemm.ee to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 days agoIndia has the same population as all of Europe, all of North America and all of Russia combined. Tally up the rapes of these two continents and that massive country, and you’ll likely get similar numbers of reports. It’s a classic case of “by country is not by capita”.
minus-squaredestructdisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoNo you won’t. It’s significantly higher in the subcontinent, and those are the 10% that actually make it to the news. We tend to cling pretty hard to the “women are property” idea around these parts, unfortunately
India has the same population as all of Europe, all of North America and all of Russia combined.
Tally up the rapes of these two continents and that massive country, and you’ll likely get similar numbers of reports.
It’s a classic case of “by country is not by capita”.
No you won’t. It’s significantly higher in the subcontinent, and those are the 10% that actually make it to the news. We tend to cling pretty hard to the “women are property” idea around these parts, unfortunately