not much different

Submitted by scottindallas (United States), Jun 12, 2012 at 16:54

no they're not. I was just arguing with someone on another site about these same unfounded anti-Islamic nonsense. She cited some 200 rapes in Turkey last year alone. I found that in the US, with 5 times the pop (60m/300m) we had 1150 rapes. Those are actually quite in line. And, we certainly know that they are under reported here. Seriously, the more modest dress and etiquette probably would find a far lower rate there. Dating isn't as common, and those awkward situations are likely less common. I think there could be cases where being pushy could be technical rape, though perhaps "no" was never said, and no more coercion than an eager young man's weight is used.

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